smackingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

smacking +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

smackingly (comparative more smackingly, superlative most smackingly)

  1. With a smacking sound or motion.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      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.

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