lopingly en · ADV
Etymology
From loping + -ly.
Meanings
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With a loping motion; with long, easy strides.
From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more lopingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most lopingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |