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joltingly en · ADV

Etymology

From jolting + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a jolting way; with abrupt, uneven shakes or knocks.
    • Through the thicker mist that afternoon a white tilted cart sailed joltingly, taking its bearings from the various landmarks rather than from the undefined track. 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 45:

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most joltingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more joltingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic