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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

The question was asked with infinite delicacy, head and body bent forward, eyes floatingly averted.

From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George

Then, floatingly, not walking, it seemed to Miss Theodosia, the mist of blurry white drew nearer.

From Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings by Donnell, Annie Hamilton

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 Lofting, Hugh