Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Continuously; without pause or hesitation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a running manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
running manner; so as to run.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
running + -ly
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Examples
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Then he talked runningly of the theatres and pantomimes and London's charms.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Then he talked runningly of the theatres and pantomimes and
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Then he talked runningly of the theatres and pantomimes and
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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I just sampled one of these, and it’s nose-runningly good.
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