flailingly

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adverb

With flailing motions.

“I splashed flailingly around in the pool until the lifeguard dragged me out.”

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Meanings

adverbflailingly (comparative more flailingly, superlative most flailingly)

comparative more flailingly · superlative most flailingly

  1. With flailing motions.

    I splashed flailingly around in the pool until the lifeguard dragged me out.

Origin

From flailing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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