xylophonically

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adverb

As if by a xylophone.

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Meanings

adverbxylophonically (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareAs if by a xylophone.

    A fox trot idyl of the Orient, xylophonically told and played in excellent tempo.

    1919, The Judge: Volume 77
    2 more examples

    […] while the dishes on the bed tray clinked xylophonically against one another.

    2001, Dean Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye

    Alf re-lays them two by two, first levelling their sandy beds, and I listen to them chinking xylophonically as he locks them into each other.

    2007, Ronald Blythe, Out of the Valley: Another Year at Wormingford, page 16

Origin

From xylophonic + -ally.

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APA

xylophonically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylophonically

MLA

“xylophonically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylophonically. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xylophonically,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylophonically.

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