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driftingly
adverb
uk /ˈdrɪf.tɪŋ.li/ us /ˈdrɪf.t̬ɪŋ.li/
in a way that moves, or seems to move, slowly and with no one or nothing controlling it:
The birds floated driftingly on the icy water.
He moved driftingly towards the stairs, as if in a dream.
Related word
drifting
Smoke rose driftingly from the chimneys of the cottages.
These thoughts came to her driftingly as she fell asleep.
The fog swirled around them, damp and driftingly white.
The memories of what had happened came back to him driftingly, in fragments.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Slow and moving slowly
(as) slow as molassesidiom
at a snail's paceidiom
by and byidiom
by degreesidiom
claw your way (somewhere)idiom
float
in ones and twosidiom
inch by inchidiom
infiltrate
infiltration
jog
labour
lag
sluggishly
sluggishness
snail
staged
steadily
struggle
wander
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