trippingly

comparative more trippingly · superlative most trippingly

1. In a tripping manner, or while tripping

   The drunk stumbled trippingly down the street.

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   By the dead and drowsy fire / Every elf and fairy sprite / Hop as light as bird from brier, / And this ditty after me / Sing, and dance it trippingly.

   c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

2. In a manner that is lively or fluid.

   Charlotte Peed, as Miss Prism, also gives a solid performance. Wilde's words come trippingly off her tongue.

   1988 February 21, Paul Dixon, “Earnest It Is”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 31, page 6

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   The result follows trippingly from the premise. But adopting the premise requires departing from judicial practice and principle.

   2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting