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The light that long ago had struck me into syncope, recalled in this vision, seemed glidingly to mount the wall, and tremblingly to pause in the centre of the obscured ceiling.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Meanwhile, the real Sprigg is conscious of a peculiar sensation, as if he were moving glidingly onward, borne along by invisible hands to keep pace with, and see the wild chase to the end.

From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison

Slowly, glidingly, the figure turned round; turned its face right upon Dan, full in the rays of the bright moon; and the most awful yell you ever heard went forth upon the still night air.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Be distinct from one note to another, yet carry them on glidingly.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

She walked glidingly across the room, looking over her shoulder at the trail of lace.

From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins