zigzaggingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

zigzagging +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

zigzaggingly (comparative more zigzaggingly, superlative most zigzaggingly)

  1. In a zigzagging way.
    • 1921, Octavus Roy Cohen, Highly Colored, page 260:
      The curtain dropped zigzaggingly upon the first scene. There was a tense silence out front, then a burst of applause []
    • 2009, Jed Perl, New Art City: Manhattan at Mid-Century, page 155:
      In their zigzaggingly argumentative way, the New Yorkers were taking their stand on what modern art was about.

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