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metallically adverb uk /məˈtæl.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /məˈtæl.ɪ.kəl.i/ in a way that sounds or looks like metal: An old menu board swung metallically outside the shuttered restaurant. The water seemed metallically motionless, and the islands looked deserted. Her footsteps resounded metallically in the silence. The autumn winds set the tables rattling metallically at one another across the terrace. Outside, the birds sang and the cicadas buzzed metallically. As the lift went up and down, the bell tinkled metallically. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Describing qualities of sound audibly boomy chocolatey chuff clomp crackling ear-splitting mellifluously melodically melodiously murmurous murmurously silvery squeaky staccato thready tinnily tunefully tunefulness tunelessly
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