dart
noun
a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.
dartingly
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a word derived from
dart.
Example Sentences
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"It wasn't an easy road," she told him, and then as suddenly as an April sun may break dartingly through rainclouds she laughed, and in her violet eyes flashed the old merriment and whimsical humour.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
With an odd little gasp of joy the girl reached out dartingly and touched Barton on his sleeve.
From Little Eve Edgarton by Raymond Moreau Crosby
Ever when the silver gleam of the Plough had run its farthest from the farmer, the cry sounded; and at the sound the gleam wavered and stayed and flew back dartingly to the farmer's side.
From The Field of Clover by Laurence Housman
