acrobaticallyadv.
/ˌakrəˈbatᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌækrəˈbædək(ə)li/ In the manner of an acrobat; with gymnastic skill.
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acrobatically1860
1860 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper (N.Y.) 1 Sept. 225/2 To be sure we have his better half here in the person of Madame Blondin, his wife, who is performing acrobatically at the Hippodrome.
1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. xii. 206 Most of them are standing acrobatically on their heads.
1923 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 47 229 There was also sort of a trapeze arrangement by which a..plunge through the water could be effected by those acrobatically inclined.
1956 Life 2 Apr. 117/2 But the youngsters, enchanted with the animals, have turned the place into their personal playground, perching happily in the kangaroo's pouch, swinging acrobatically from the pelican's neck.
2007 Metro (Toronto) 23 July 14/6 Mathias Vidangossy swung in a free kick from the right corner and Martinez volleyed it in acrobatically from in front of the goal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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