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knockingly en · ADV

Etymology

From knocking + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) With a knocking sound or motion.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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