Skippingly

Skippingly
Skippingly \Skip"ping*ly\, adv. In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • skippingly — adverb In a skipping way; moving with small hops or jumps …   Wiktionary

  • skippingly — skip·ping·ly …   English syllables

  • skippingly — adverb Etymology: skipping (present participle of skip) (I) + ly : in a skipping manner …   Useful english dictionary

  • Discontinuity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Interrupted sequence. < N PARAG:Discontinuity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 discontinuity discontinuity Sgm: N 1 disjunction disjunction &c. 44 Sgm: N 1 anacoluthon anacoluthon Sgm: N 1 interruption interruption break… …   English dictionary for students

  • skip — skip1 skippingly, adv. /skip/, v., skipped, skipping, n. v.i. 1. to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot. 2. to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what… …   Universalium

  • fitfully — Synonyms and related words: at haphazard, at intervals, at irregular intervals, at random, brokenly, by catches, by chance, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, capriciously, carelessly, desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • haphazardly — Synonyms and related words: about, aimlessly, airily, any old way, any which way, anyhow, at haphazard, at hazard, at intervals, at random, brokenly, bunglingly, by catches, by chance, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, capriciously,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • here and there — Synonyms and related words: at intervals, at large, at times, betimes, brokenly, by catches, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, diffusely, disconnectedly, discontinuously, dispersedly, ever and again, ever and anon, everywhere, exiguously …   Moby Thesaurus

  • infrequently — Synonyms and related words: at infrequent intervals, at intervals, brokenly, by catches, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, disconnectedly, discontinuously, exceptionally, exiguously, fitfully, haphazardly, hardly, hardly ever, here and… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • intermittently — Synonyms and related words: at intervals, at irregular intervals, at random, at regular intervals, at stated times, brokenly, by catches, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, capriciously, constantly, desultorily, disconnectedly,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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