droppingly

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adverb

In drops; one drop at a time.

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Meanings

adverbdroppingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn drops; one drop at a time.

    The birds sang and brake off again To shake their pretty feathers dry Of the dew sliding droppingly From the leaf-edges

    1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “A Vision of Poets”, in Poems. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
  2. not comparablebit by bit; one at a time

    our prayers come but droppingly from vs afterward in the ebbe of our affections

    1614, Daniel Dyke, The Mystery of Selfe-Deceiuing

Origin

From dropping + -ly.

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Translations

Spanish a cuentagotas
  • a cuentagotasin drops
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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