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natantly en · ADV

Etymology

From natant + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a floating manner; swimmingly.
   • Ignoring the fact that certain of the other twelve thousand white inhabitants of the town might be natantly inclined, she had sought to have the country club build a pool of its own where membership was more closely guarded . 1948, Edward Thompson, A Seed in Spring, page 97:
   • If the rat didn't move natantly, it was forced to swim by the stick. 2011, Xiaoting Luo, Shumei Li, Sisi Li, Liang Xiong, Minghua Dong, “Relationship between protective effect of hesperidin extraction on exercise fatigue and antioxidation”, in 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI):
   • A second group, with the joing positioned more anteriorly and with shorter, less natantly-adapted antennules, became active (though not necessarily efficient) swimmers. 1980, The Irish Naturalists' Journal - Volume 20, page 84:

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