soapilyadv.
In a soft or easy manner; smoothly. Also in sense 4 of soapy adj.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adverb] > smoothly
smoothlyc1400
smootha1500
free and easy1730
swimmingly1745
glidingly1797
soapily1833
silkenly1846
silkily1923
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > eloquently or pleasingly
renablyc1330
disertly1447
articulately1531
ore rotundo1720
mellifluously1768
soapily1976
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [adverb] > in manner of soap
soapily1979
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log xxiii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 167/1 [The snake] continuing all the while..to glide soapily along.
1976 A. E. Lindop in H. Watson Winter's Crimes 8 200 Soapily he would say, ‘Darling, don't worry.’
1979 Sci. Amer. Jan. 26/1 The breakdown of the insulator may have many causes from the death of the maintaining cells to the appearance of a detergentlike metabolite capable of soapily cleaning off the invaluable lipid layers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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