plungingly

English

Etymology

plunging +‎ -ly

Adverb

plungingly (comparative more plungingly, superlative most plungingly)

1. With a motion like a plunge.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     The ship was sailing plungingly; astern the billows rolled in riots.