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Definition of Rattlingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattlingly
Literary usage of Rattlingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1824)
"The doves and rooks who meet at Brooks', sob loudly, fast, and faster, Anil shake
in skin as rattlingly as they ere shook the castor. ..."
2. The War in the Cradle of the World, Mesopotamia by Eleanor Franklin Egan (1918)
"... and each of them is pulled rattlingly and recklessly along the toy track by
two hot, disgusted-looking, knock-kneed dwarf horses that lean against each ..."
3. The War in the Cradle of the World, Mesopotamia by Eleanor Franklin Egan (1918)
"... of pilgrims to and from the sacred- ness of the ancient mosque, and each of
them is pulled rattlingly and recklessly along the toy track by two hot, ..."
4. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1844)
"... like ships on a quicksand! And shake in their shoes. We are strappers — that's
truth. It's the tune of the ditty We rattlingly sing ! ..."
5. Life and Letters of Wilder Dwight: Lieut.-col. Second Mass. Inf. Vols by Wilder Dwight, Elizabeth Amelia Dwight (1868)
"When we got near Charlestown, Colonel Gordon hurried on with his cavalry, and
all four squadrons whirled down the main street rattlingly. ..."
6. A History of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of by George Magruder Battey (1922)
"and all would go rattlingly. Then there is the military method. Guests form in
column of twos and troop in to the tune of a stirring march on the phonograph ..."
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