2. Adverb. (informal) Very well or with great success; splendidly. ¹
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Definition of Swingingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swingingly
Literary usage of Swingingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"This was not bestowed us under the trees, nor yet in the shade of a tent, But
swingingly, over eleven degrees of a bare brown continent. ..."
2. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James (1902)
"... thanks to some such consciousness as this that he felt the lapse of the weeks,
before the day of Kate's mounting of his stair, almost swingingly rapid. ..."
3. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James (1902)
"... thanks to some such consciousness as this that he felt the lapse of the weeks,
before the day of Kate's mounting of his stair, almost swingingly rapid. ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"This was not bestowed us under the trees, nor yet in the shade of a tent, But
swingingly, over eleven degrees of a bare brown continent. ..."
5. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James (1902)
"... thanks to some such consciousness as this that he felt the lapse of the weeks,
before the day of Kate's mounting of his stair, almost swingingly rapid. ..."
6. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James (1902)
"... thanks to some such consciousness as this that he felt the lapse of the weeks,
before the day of Kate's mounting of his stair, almost swingingly rapid. ..."
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