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ˈsparklingly, adv. [f. sparkling ppl. a.1] In a sparkling or vivacious manner; with sparkling brightness or brilliancy; brilliantly.
1669Boyle Certain Physiol. Ess. (ed. 2) Absol. Rest Bodies 18 Some Diamonds of hers, which sometimes would look more sparklingly than they were wont, and sometimes far more dull than ordinary. 1820J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (ed. 2) 13 In whose glass All things look sparklingly. 1854Tait's Mag. XXI. 260 Spurted the splinters sparklingly, saw scraped, and hammer rung. 1879Meredith Egoist vii, She assured him sparklingly that she was well. So ˈsparklingness. rare.
a1691Boyle Ess. Intestine Motions Quiescent Solids Wks. 1744 I. 286/2, I have..seemed to my self to observe a manifestly greater clearness and sparklingness at some times than at others. a1697Aubrey Lives (1898) II. 245 He threw his reparties about the table with so much sparklingness [ed. 1813 sparkliness] and gentileness of witt. |