natantly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a floating manner; swimmingly.
Example Sentences
- "Ignoring the fact that certain of the other twelve thousand white inhabitants of the town might be natantly inclined, she had sought to have the country club build a pool of its own where membership was more closely guarded ."
- "A second group, with the joing positioned more anteriorly and with shorter, less natantly-adapted antennules, became active (though not necessarily efficient) swimmers."
- "If the rat didn't move natantly, it was forced to swim by the stick."
Etymology
From natant + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more natantly (comparative)
most natantly (superlative)