She spoke lispingly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"How much is the debt," asked Van Dorn, lispingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times] Reference
Raffold's protest came lispingly through the quiet room. From Wordnik.com. [The Swindler and Other Stories] Reference
He had scant care for the authority of "Gad-ish," as Gladys loved for him lispingly to call her. From Wordnik.com. [The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee] Reference
That's funny; 'and then he laughs, and baby laughs, and says after him, lispingly,' Danma Detchen, that's funny. '. From Wordnik.com. [Tracy Park] Reference
O how lispingly and imperfectly do we perform the close of this petition: As we forgive them that trespass against us. From Wordnik.com. [Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers.] Reference
There is, however, no rhyme and only occasional reason -- for example, the painful predicament implied in the assonance of line one, or the moral decline lispingly suggested in line two. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 4] Reference
Sometimes he joined in a conversation which interested him and, regardless of whether any "gentlemen of the embassy" were present or not, lispingly expressed his views, which were sometimes not at all in accord with the accepted tone of the moment. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
"Nay," she said lispingly, "it needs the muscle of a great man to lift it. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Quality] Reference
"Nay," she said, lispingly, "it needs the muscle of a great man to lift it. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Quality] Reference
O how lispingly and imperfectly do we perform the close of this petition: As we forgive them that trespass against us. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Teaching of Jesus] Reference
“gentlemen of the embassy” were present or not, lispingly expressed his views, which were sometimes not at all in accord with the accepted tone of the moment. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
And Edgar lispingly chimed in. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
How they knelt at her side and lispingly prayed. From Wordnik.com. [New National Fourth Reader] Reference
The designer, whoever he may have been, was possessed certainly of some tranquillising second thoughts concerning death, which may well have had their value for mourners; and he has expressed those thoughts, if lispingly, yet with no faults of commission, with a befitting grace, and, in truth, at some points, with something already of a really Hellenic definition and vigour. From Wordnik.com. [Greek Studies: a Series of Essays] Reference
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