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Hoveringly

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hov·er  (hvr, hv-)
intr.v. hov·ered, hov·er·ing, hov·ers
1. To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air: gulls hovering over the waves.
2. To remain or linger in or near a place: hovering around the speaker's podium.
3. To remain in an uncertain state; waver: hovered between anger and remorse.
n.
The act or state of hovering: a helicopter in hover.

[Middle English hoveren, frequentative of hoven.]

hover·er n.
hover·ing·ly adv.


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Hoveringly halting, and dipping on the wing, the white sea-fowls longingly lingered over the agitated pool that he left.
 
 
 
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