What does fallingly mean?
Fallingly means While falling; with a falling motion..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
While falling; with a falling motion..
Here, in distress that was consternation, and in fear that was panic, excitedly bobbed up and down a cowboy in bearskin chaps, vacuously repeating the exclamation, "Oh God! Oh God!" — the first division of it rising in inflection, the second division inflected fallingly with despair.
[…] he lurched forward fallingly to receive him.
Use fallingly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fallingly means While falling; with a falling motion..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Here, in distress that was consternation, and in fear that was panic, excitedly bobbed up and down a cowboy in bearskin chaps, vacuously repeating the exclamation, "Oh God! Oh God!" — the first division of it rising in inflection, the second division inflected fallingly with despair.
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