Example Sentences

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Frenchmen perform the ritual with sinuous grace, Spaniards smackingly, Germans with a click of the heels.

From Time Magazine Archive

He slipped up behind her unawares and kissed her smackingly on the back of the neck—perhaps that was one reason she was such a good pal.

From Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island by Stuart, Gordon

The big man was wabbling crazily about in the general direction of Trevison, swinging his arms wildly, Trevison evading him, snapping home blows that landed smackingly without doing much damage.

From 'Firebrand' Trevison by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)