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English
Etymology
From Middle English tryppingly; equivalent to tripping + -ly.
Adverb
trippingly (comparative more trippingly, superlative most trippingly)
- In a tripping manner, or while tripping
The drunk stumbled trippingly down the street.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):By the dead and drowsy fire / Every elf and fairy sprite / Hop as light as bird from brier, / And this ditty after me / Sing, and dance it trippingly.
- In a manner that is lively or fluid.
- 2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting:
- The result follows trippingly from the premise. But adopting the premise requires departing from judicial practice and principle.