joltlessadj.
Free from jolts.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > smoothly
gliding1603
soft1667
sedate1684
joltless1808
slithy1855
1808 T. Moore Corruption & Intolerance 19 Court and Commons jog one joltless way.
1898 Spectator 5 Feb. 190/1 To keep his part of the machine in steady and joltless motion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1808- to come up to scratch
- to come up to the rack
- to come up to the scratch
- to come up to time
- to come up with
- to come up with the goods
- to come up with the rations
- to come upon
- to come upon one's own legs
- to come upon the town
- to come well to our pass
- to come well to pass
- to come with
- to come with a wet sail
- to come with cap in hand
- to come with the arm
- to come with the territory
- to come yorkshire on one
- to come, bring to a grappling
- to come, etc, off one's high horse
- to come, fall to scanning
- to come, fall under, lie in one's cap
- to come, gang, go, ride a, the, his, her, etc gate
- to come, get loose
- to come, go, etc by the board