metallically
- adverb
- /məˈtælɪkli/
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metálicamente
- The storm produced metallically charged sounds as the thunder rolled through the sky.
- gleam metallically
Examples
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[cans clattering metallically]
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A line of impatient-looking executives with metallically textured shirts and ties waited by the counter.
Fiction book (2002) -
"All right, you asked for this!" he said metallically.
Fiction book (2001) -
No, I could smell the metallically coppery smell.
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Whatever it was thunked metallically.
Fiction book (1999) -
Coverlet stripped off, the bed creaks metallically as we fall into it and turn over and turn again.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then in a voice cold with taut courtesy, and so controlled that the words rang metallically, he said, "Mr. Secretary, when I am done, everyone here will be given time to speak."
Fiction book (1990) -
[cans thud metallically]
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Jetstream had wandered over in the interim, his flame-retardant buckets scraping metallically against the cold tile floor.
Fiction book (1998) -
The keys jangled metallically as she walked down the hallway.
Synonyms
A thin, high sound that rings like metal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word metallically comes from metal, which means 'hard, shiny stuff like iron or gold', while the endings -ic mean 'like' and -ally turns the word into a way of doing something. So, to act metallically is to sound or look like metal — often sharp, bright, or ringing.
