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Etymology

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whipping +‎ -ly

Adverb

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whippingly (comparative more whippingly, superlative most whippingly)

  1. With a whipping motion.
    • 1918, Marcus Horton, Bred of the Desert:
      [] coupled with the jolting of the horse, her tam-o'-shanter flew off, and her hair loosened and fell, streaming out whippingly behind.
    • 1947, Francis MacManus, Boccaccio:
      [] whippingly cold and dusty from the Apennines like the tramontane []
    • 1956, Richard Llewellyn, Mr. Hamish Gleave:
      He swung the umbrella whippingly at a leaf on the pavement.