I should like to make a remark in passing on Hamlet's expression, "trippingly on the tongue.
Added to this, there is the celebrated speech to the players, in which Hamlet directs the actors to speak "trippingly on the tongue.
It was easy to see that this harangue had not been the inspiration of Haxo himself, for he delivered it, now trippingly and now haltingly, like a schoolboy who does not know the meaning of his lesson.
But Kate McGhie's anger was now fully roused, and her answer ran trippingly off her tongue.
It was a pleasure--even to one beset by grievous perplexities--it was a pleasure to hear such noble big words fall thus trippingly from human lips.
After a brief interchange of salutations, he said to Floracita, "I heard some notes of a lively little French tune, that went so trippingly I should be delighted to hear more of it.
Pronounce me this speech trippingly a the tongue as I taught thee, Mary and you mouth it, as a many of your players do I'de rather heare a towne bull bellow, Then such a fellow speake my lines.
One cannot quite dare promise that there shall be no dull scenes, but it is hoped that, in the main, the play will be found to move lightly on, as with words spoken “trippingly upon the tongue.
One came to speak trippingly of the “Dawn of Civilisation” as illustrated by the events of the time of the Pyramid Builders.
It runs trippingly throughout, and in characterisation, style, and dialogue deserves the laurels.
How flowingly and trippingly she spoke our English tongue!
He speaks it trippingly too; for in the middle of a most exciting monologue, he upsets the whole paraphernalia and himself into the bargain.
The technical terms of every profession and subdivision of science come trippingly to his tongue.
And while the question grates upon her ear, the answer comes not trippingly to the tongue.
I think she would make easily on the lips rather than "trippingly on the tongue" the controlling principle in tone and speech.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trippingly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: apace; expeditiously; fast; hastily; posthaste; promptly; quick; quickly; rapidly; speedily; swiftly
