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floatingly

/ˈfɫoʊtɪŋli/ adv

In a floating manner; so as to float or to appear to float.

Word Origin Floatingly comes from float, from Proto-Germanic flotan 'to float,' from PIE *pleu- 'to flow.' So floatingly means moving like something on water. The same root gives us fleet (swift, like floating), flood, and flow. It's a word that drifts along.

adv In a floating manner; so as to float or to appear to float.

The leaves drifted floatingly down the stream after the storm.

(副词) 漂浮地

暴风雨后，树叶漂浮地顺流而下。

(adverbio) De manera flotante; de tal forma que flota o parece flotar.

Las hojas derivaron flotando corriente abajo después de la tormenta.

(adverbe) en flottant; de manière flottante; comme en flottant [D'une manière flottante, comme en lévitation ou en suspension.]

Les feuilles dérivaient floatingly le long du ruisseau après l'orage.

(Adverb) schwebend; treibend [auf schwebende oder scheinbar schwebende Weise; so, dass etwas frei im Wasser oder in der Luft treibt]

Die Blätter trieben **floatingly** den Bach hinunter nach dem Sturm.

(副詞) 浮かぶように; 漂うようにして

嵐の後、葉は浮かぶように川を漂いながら流れていった。

(advérbio) flutuantemente; de modo flutuante [De maneira flutuante; de modo a flutuar ou parecer flutuar.]

As folhas desceram flutuando pelo riacho após a tempestade.

Synonyms: buoyantly lightly airily effortlessly weightlessly Antonyms: heavily clumsily leadenly
Word parts: float + ing + ly

Related words

floater floatable flotation

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