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liquidly

liquidly

4.3
In a smooth, flowing way like water
  • adverb
  • /ˈlɪkwɪdli/
translation icon : fluidamente
  • The artist painted liquidly, creating an effect that made the colors seem alive.

Examples

  • The dancer moved liquidly, her body flowing smoothly between each pose.

  • When diplodocus walked, it was as if the landscape was shifting, as if the hills had been uprooted and were moving liquidly over the land.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • As the stream flowed liquidly, it sparkled in the sunlight like diamonds.

Synonyms

fluidly
vsliquidly
4 3.8

In a smooth, easy way without pauses

leans more toward substance-like motion rather than ease or elegance
flowingly
vsliquidly
3.5

In a smooth, graceful way that moves like water

focuses on behaving like a smoothly moving substance rather than graceful style
streamingly
vsliquidly
7.1

In a way that flows without stopping like water on a window

highlights smooth substance motion rather than emphasis on quantity or steadiness
lubriciously
vsliquidly
8.6

In a smooth, slippery way that lets things move easily

describes smooth substance motion rather than focusing on slipperiness alone

Antonyms

25 4.4

In a way that is not relaxed, often because of pain or to seem formal

How Smooth

liquidly
4.3
fluidly
4 3.8
smoothly
173 2.3

Surface Forms

liquidly positive

Morphology

liquidly = liquid (transparent) = liquid + ly

Direct and regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'liquid'; meaning 'in a flowing/smooth manner' is predictable.

Etymology

The word liquidly comes from liquid, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'flowing' or 'fluid'. Think of water that moves smoothly; to move liquidly is to move like a liquid, in a smooth, flowing way.