Definition of Liltingly

1. Adverb. In a lilting manner. ¹

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Definition of Liltingly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liltingly

lill
lilled
lillianite
lillianites
lilling
lilliputian hallucination
lilliputians
lilliputs
lills
lilly-pillies
lilly-pilly
lilos
lilt
lilted
lilting
liltingly (current term)
liltingness
liltingnesses
lilts
lily
lily-livered
lily-of-the-valley
lily-of-the-valley tree
lily-white
lily family
lily of the Incas
lily of the Nile
lily of the valley
lily pad
lily pads

Literary usage of Liltingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. French Dramatists of the 19th Century by Brander Matthews (1901)
"... Chaunt of the Brazen Head,' in which the lyrist liltingly tells us what he thinks of love. ..."

2. The Song of Three Friends by John Gneisenau Neihardt (1919)
"A merry trapper's song Comes liltingly to mock her, and a hand Waves back farewell. Now 'round a point of land The bull-boats disappear; and that is all ..."

3. The Raid of the Guerilla: And Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree, Charles Egbert Craddock (1912)
"Suddenly a ponderous cage was rolled in; the band was playing liltingly; the largest of the lions within the bars, a tawny monster, roused up and with head ..."

4. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1899)
"... the reverend can", but as a valuable stage property. For the furore is upon her. " Her finger pointed at him, she sings again, liltingly, scornfully: 14 ..."

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