floatinglyadv.
/ˈfləʊtɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈfloʊdɪŋli/ In a floating manner.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adverb] > moving freely on surface
afloat?1473
floatingly1660
natantly1847
a-swim1870
the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adverb] > buoyantly
floatingly1829
buoyantly1854
1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 256 The tide that so floatingly brings in the ship, suddenly leaves her in the mud.
1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 952 Blest..the breath that sighs it floatingly aside!
1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 7 272 All lost in pearly mist, that floatingly Seems her gray garments trailing low.
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adv.1660- obstructivenesses
- obstructives
- obstructivism
- obstructor
- obstructors
- obstructs
- obstruent
- obstruent-final
- obstruentfinal
- obstruents
- obstruse
- obstupefacient
- obstupefact
- obstupefaction
- obstupefactive
- obstupefied
- obstupefy
- obstupefying
- obstupely
- obstupescence
- obstuprate
- obsurd
- obtain
- obtain one's jacket
- obtain one's mind