Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a prancing manner.
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- adverb In a
prancing manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is a gloating, righteous kind of outrage; and no doubt entirely unrelated to the fact Arsène Wenger and his team are still seen as the most prancingly Euro-fied in the Premier League.
Arsenal's failure to win trophies is not down to faint hearts | Barney Ronay 2011
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The movie's iconic emblem and tasty morsel of wholesome American coquetry is Lee Remick's Betty Lou Fleckum, a drum majorette with a trim, bare midriff, white boots that accent her athletic thighs (not until Myra Breckinridge would white boots be used so prancingly), and cheekbones that catch the sun.
An Unforgettable Face Wolcott, James 2007
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The movie's iconic emblem and tasty morsel of wholesome American coquetry is Lee Remick's Betty Lou Fleckum, a drum majorette with a trim, bare midriff, white boots that accent her athletic thighs (not until Myra Breckinridge would white boots be used so prancingly), and cheekbones that catch the sun.
An Unforgettable Face Wolcott, James 2007
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But the door, owing to circumstances over which nobody but the black dog had any control, flew violently open here, and Allan had a flying vision of his wife, flushed, laughing, and badly mussed, being railroaded across the room by a prancingly exuberant French bull at the end of a leash.
The Rose-Garden Husband Margaret Widdemer 1931
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And presently when Peggy, no more than healthfully excited by her hard morning's work on the cellar, came prancingly out to enjoy more of her guest's society, she found her curled up, asleep, one hand under her cheek, looking about ten years old and very peaceful.
I've Married Marjorie Margaret Widdemer 1931
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His horse steps lightly, prancingly, and there is admirable expression of physical vigor and hopeful expectation.
The Art of the Exposition Eugen Neuhaus 1921
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No matter how bad the roads or how hard the hills had been Calico forgot it all during those ten delightful minutes when, with his heart beating time to the rat-tat-tat of the snare drum, he swung prancingly around the yellow arena.
Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle Sewell Ford 1907
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The team of fine horses sprang away prancingly over the hard snow.
Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886
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