knockingly
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]knockingly (comparative more knockingly, superlative most knockingly)
- (rare) With a knocking sound or motion.
- 1958, Paul Green, Drama and the weather:
- The boy dragged on his rope reins, stirred a bit painfully in his seat, and drove slowly and knockingly away.
- 1983, Claudette Williams, Song of Silkie:
- As the ship rocked, Silkie went flying across the room and came knockingly hard into a set of wooden water barrels.