Meanings
adverblurchingly (comparative more lurchingly, superlative most lurchingly)
comparative more lurchingly · superlative most lurchingly
- With a lurching motion.
With slouched hat, Ahab lurchingly paced the planks.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
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lurchingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lurchingly
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“lurchingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lurchingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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