clankingly

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adverb

With a clanking sound.

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Meanings

adverbclankingly (comparative more clankingly, superlative most clankingly)

comparative more clankingly · superlative most clankingly

  1. With a clanking sound.

    Then he snored gently, the dog clankingly searching for fleas beside the planter’s chair, unaware as yet of her booked passage to India.

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 203

Origin

From clanking + -ly.

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APA

clankingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clankingly

MLA

“clankingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clankingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clankingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clankingly.

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