flutter
verb (used without object)
to wave, flap, or toss about.
flutteringly
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a word derived from
flutter.
Example Sentences
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His bed of agony became the pivot on which the household life flutteringly and soothingly revolved.
From A Great Man A Frolic by Arnold Bennett
He waited in the wings, and spoke soothingly to Isabel Joy, who, looking juvenile in the airy costume of the Messenger, stood flutteringly agog for her cue....
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
Yolanda laughed flutteringly, and the long lashes fell.
From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Charles Major
The girls who were nearest looked down flutteringly at their shoes: those further away concealed themselves behind their neighbours.
From Jill the Reckless by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
She glanced up at him flutteringly, vaguely surprised.
From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli
