ripple
verb (used without object)
(of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
ripplingly
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a word derived from
ripple.
Example Sentences
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His comeback at the Chile Open may have ended in a final defeat to world No 73 Horacio Zeballos, but you can't keep a ripplingly buffed athlete down for long.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2013
From the keyboard Chopin's Minute Waltz flowed fleetly, ripplingly.
From Time Magazine Archive
She ran on, ripplingly, but her escort at one side and Sarah Farraday at the other were maintaining, respectively, a sullen and an uncomfortable silence.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Laughter, quick and gay, or low and ripplingly sweet, flowed through the old room.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
Mademoiselle, after a moment's blank pause, laughed ripplingly.
From Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
