knockingly

adv

knockingly

adv

Etymology From knocking + -ly.

1

Rare With a knocking sound or motion.

  • The boy dragged on his rope reins, stirred a bit painfully in his seat, and drove slowly and knockingly away.1958, Paul Green, Drama and the weather:
  • As the ship rocked, Silkie went flying across the room and came knockingly hard into a set of wooden water barrels.1983, Claudette Williams, Song of Silkie:

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