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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A flying grasshopper creeping along through the tangle at my feet rose and hung flutteringly over one spot, for no apparent reason, and then, for no better reason, dropped suddenly and was still.
From The Jonathan Papers by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris
In the uncomfortable pause, Mrs. Perkins flutteringly passed her the cayenne pepper, but Miss Meiggs ignored the courtesy.
From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Charles K. (Charles Kellogg) Field
Then, with a mighty effort, she raised one transparent hand, and brought it feebly, flutteringly, higher and higher, until it lay upon his cheek.
From An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada by A. Ethelwyn Wetherald
She gave him a piteous look, struck with fear; then obeyed a gesture and ran flutteringly up the stairs.
From The Flirt by Booth Tarkington
Yvonne flutteringly let them into the garden, Mlle.
From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
