trippingly

English

Etymology

From Middle English tryppingly; equivalent to tripping +‎ -ly.

Adverb

trippingly (comparative more trippingly, superlative most trippingly)

1. In a tripping manner, or while tripping

   The drunk stumbled trippingly down the street.

   • 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):

     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.

2. In a manner that is lively or fluid.
   • 2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting:

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