floating
adjective
being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
floatingly
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a word derived from
floating.
Example Sentences
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Often, as on the strummy title track or the floatingly ambient “My Future,” the songs begin with retro mellow and then switch to beats halfway through.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2021
She accompanied herself on an amplified troubadour harp and with an electronic setup that allowed her parallel route to be from floatingly meditative to beat-driven danceable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2019
Anyhow I presently dreamed that the island had moved again—not floatingly as before, but suddenly, jerkily, as though something enormously powerful had heaved it up from its bed just once and let it down.
From The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Then, floatingly, not walking, it seemed to Miss Theodosia, the mist of blurry white drew nearer.
From Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Bending lovingly over it, his brown beard floatingly on its breast, while he played, the fiddle verily seemed inspired with Frank’s own feelings and genius.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables
