listingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

listing +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

listingly (comparative more listingly, superlative most listingly)

  1. With a list or tilt.
    • 1961, Alfred William Gressinger, Charles D. Poston: Sunland Seer, page 8:
      [] she rolled listingly in a heavy sea. Poston and his men wondered whether they would ever see land again.
    • 1984, Eleanor Hodgson, Norah Parker, Wild Splendid Love, page 256:
      He bowed and wished Audra a pleasant good night, heading jauntily, if a little listingly, toward the door, completely unaffected by her refusal of him.