smackingly

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adverb

With a smacking sound or motion.

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Meanings

adverbsmackingly (comparative more smackingly, superlative most smackingly)

comparative more smackingly · superlative most smackingly

  1. With a smacking sound or motion.

    She was, however, sensible of attention and kindness, and would occasionally smile to her nurses, or smackingly kiss them in a manner as explosive as her greeds and rages.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin

From smacking + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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