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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lightsomely, trippinglyadverb

    moving with quick light steps

    "she walked lightsomely down the long staircase"

Wiktionary

  1. trippinglyadverb

    In a tripping manner, or while tripping

    The drunk stumbled trippingly down the street.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Trippinglyadverb

    With agility; with swift motion.

    Etymology: from tripping.

    This ditty after me
    Sing, and dance it trippingly. William Shakespeare.

    Speak the speech trippingly on the tongue: but if you mouth it as many of our players do, I had as lieve the towncrier had spoke my lines. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

ChatGPT

  1. trippingly

    Trippingly refers to the act of doing something lightly, quickly, or effortlessly. It is often used in the context of speech, music, or movement, suggesting a flow or rhythm that is natural and unforced. It originates from a phrase in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" where Hamlet instructs the players to speak their lines "trippingly on the tongue".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trippinglyadverb

    in a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trippingly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trippingly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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