drippingly

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adverb

So as to drip.

“a basket of drippingly ripe peaches”

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Meanings

adverbdrippingly (comparative more drippingly, superlative most drippingly)

comparative more drippingly · superlative most drippingly

  1. So as to drip.

    a basket of drippingly ripe peaches

    1 more example

    Still confounding critics more than 40 years after its making, “Le Bonheur” could qualify as either the most drippingly sentimental film ever made or the most dryly ironic.

    2008 January 22, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs”, in New York Times

Origin

From dripping + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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