clatteringly

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adverb

With a clattering sound.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adverbclatteringly (comparative more clatteringly, superlative most clatteringly)

comparative more clatteringly · superlative most clatteringly

  1. With a clattering sound.

    Grandpa Piper replaced the vase clatteringly back upon the mantleshelf.

    1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 135

Origin

From clattering + -ly.

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clatteringly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clatteringly

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“clatteringly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clatteringly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clatteringly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clatteringly.

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