runningly

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adverb

In a running manner; so as to run.

OriginMiddle English runningly →
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Meanings

adverbrunningly (comparative more runningly, superlative most runningly)

comparative more runningly · superlative most runningly

  1. In a running manner; so as to run.

    Unless it is read runningly, the metrical movement will not be felt. For the meaning, it is enough to have the class simply get the main idea in each stanza. Then the poem may be memorized.

    1924, Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Everyday Classics, Third and Fourth Readers: Teachers' Manual

Origin

  1. Middle Englishrunningly
  2. Englishrunningly

From Middle English runningly, renningli, equivalent to running + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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