plungingly

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adverb

With a motion like a plunge.

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Meanings

adverbplungingly (comparative more plungingly, superlative most plungingly)

comparative more plungingly · superlative most plungingly

  1. With a motion like a plunge.

    The ship was sailing plungingly; astern the billows rolled in riots.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Origin

From plunging + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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