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The image of a hummingly functional home life can go a long way toward humanizing even the stiffest of politicians.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2018

There was pleasure even in the rustling sound of the dew-drops that fell like showers of diamonds, amid the myriads of insects that danced hummingly through the stilly air of the sheltering thickets.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

The three women who stepped out of the lift at the Buck Company's floor looked very much out of place in that hummingly busy establishment and appeared, on the surface, at least, very chit-chatty indeed.

From Emma McChesney and Co. by Ferber, Edna

But at last the sulky comes to the door; we say good-by with touched full hearts, and pass hummingly to appointment No. 2.

From Tales of the Chesapeake by Townsend, George Alfred