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
Mademoiselle, after a moment's blank pause, laughed ripplingly.
From Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
The soft murmur of the waves as they caressed the shore came ripplingly with musical rhythm.
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
Thus her tongue, running ripplingly on, while her heart, suddenly released from its numb depression, wired her blithe reassurance.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
