smackingly

adv

smackingly

adv

Etymology From smacking + -ly.

1

With a smacking sound or motion.

  • She was, however, sensible of attention and kindness, and would occasionally smile to her nurses, or smackingly kiss them in a manner as explosive as her greeds and rages.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
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lip-smackingly

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