trucklingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

truckling +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

trucklingly (comparative more trucklingly, superlative most trucklingly)

  1. In a truckling manner; fawningly.
    • 1919, Congressional Record, page 7958:
      There is no interference with trade except the interference that is made by the unlawful mandate of a body of men over in Europe to whose commands we seem to be a party, or at least trucklingly subservient.