What does fluttering mean?
Fluttering means Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation..
It is indubitably certain, therefore, that he is able to attend, and actually attends, to all things at the same moment; to the motions of a seed, or a leaf, or an atom; to the creepings of a worm, the flutterings of an insect, and the journeys of a mite […]
Miss Greta closed her eyes. Quickly, however, did she open them again; for a dull noise, with certain whiskings-about and flutterings, together with low clatterings, approached her ear.
Use fluttering when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fluttering means Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation..
Common synonyms include flutter, unsteady, flap, moving.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is indubitably certain, therefore, that he is able to attend, and actually attends, to all things at the same moment; to the motions of a seed, or a leaf, or an atom; to the creepings of a worm, the flutterings of an insect, and the journeys of a mite […]
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