pouncingly

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adverb

In a pouncing manner; with a pouncing motion.

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Meanings

adverbpouncingly (comparative more pouncingly, superlative most pouncingly)

comparative more pouncingly · superlative most pouncingly

  1. In a pouncing manner; with a pouncing motion.

    The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

    1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01

Origin

From pouncing + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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