Adverb
In the manner of a whiplash.
Usage- nonce-word
- not-comparable
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“Come, Yankee,” here swore the incensed private; “cease this, or I’ll darn your old fawn-skins for ye with the flat of this sword;” for a specimen, laying it lashwise, but not heavily, across the captive’s back.