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trippingly en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English tryppingly; equivalent to tripping + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a tripping manner, or while tripping
   • The drunk stumbled trippingly down the street.
   • By the dead and drowsy fire / Every elf and fairy sprite / Hop as light as bird from brier, / And this ditty after me / Sing, and dance it trippingly. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
2. In a manner that is lively or fluid.
   • The result follows trippingly from the premise. But adopting the premise requires departing from judicial practice and principle. 2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting
   • Charlotte Peed, as Miss Prism, also gives a solid performance. Wilde's words come trippingly off her tongue. 1988 February 21, Paul Dixon, “Earnest It Is”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 31, page 6:

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