slidingly
- a word derived from sliding.
Example Sentences
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When Donal ceased, he remained open-mouthed and motionless for a time; then, drawing himself slidingly over the grass to Donal's feet, he raised his head and peeped above his knees at the book.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
And, when she danced—so slidingly, So near the ground she plied her art, You'd swear her mother-earth and she Had made a compact ne'er to part.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael
Then, with a stealthy glance at Susan, she moved slidingly toward the door.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham
And what a slidingly musical use he makes of the sibilants with which our language is unjustly taxed by those who can only make them hiss, not sing!
From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell
Though his life pass somewhat slidingly, yet he seems very carefull of the tyme, for he is always drawing his watch out of his pocket, and spends part of his hours in numbering them.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
