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Definition of Rollickingly
1. Adverb. In a carefree manner. "She was rollickingly happy"
Definition of Rollickingly
1. Adverb. In a rollicking manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rollickingly
Literary usage of Rollickingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dramatic Values by Charles Edward Montague (1911)
"... they seem to be exploring, make experiments with similes, warm up and go on,
rollickingly outdoing their own ventures, in a fever of inventive glee, ..."
2. The Fortnightly Review (1875)
"... to with some fatigue to the optics, will suddenly and rollickingly roll up to
him at the shutting of his eyes in a temporary fit of gratification. ..."
3. The Battle of the Wilderness by Morris Schaff (1910)
"And then, too, if they could have seen him lead a charge! his men following him
rollickingly with their long red neckties (they wore them because it was a ..."
4. Smoked Glass by Robert Henry Newell (1868)
"... have just left the company of ladies; and Miss Maggie Pye rollickingly avows
that she has made a conquest of him already, and intends to do him brown. ..."
5. Smoked Glass by Robert Henry Newell (1868)
"... have just left the company of ladies; and Miss Maggie Pye rollickingly avows
that she has made ar conquest of him already, and intends to do him brown. ..."
6. New England Bygones by Ellen Chapman (Hobbs)] [Rollins (1880)
"Two deep wheel-ruts, the wear of years, ran through it, in and out of which the
family chaise bounced rollickingly, for horses were sure to prick up their ..."
7. Paris in '67: Or, The Great Exposition, Its Side-shows and Excursions by Henry Morford (1867)
"... sings and acts, and occasionally dances, so vivaciously, so rollickingly, so
suggestively, so injuriously (to all the finer moral senses), but, ..."
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