Vaultingly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a way that involves leaping or springing upward or over something
2. Describing an action characterized by jumping or vault-like movement
3. Performed with the motion or style of a vault, typically indicating an upward or overleaping motion

Etymology: "Vaultingly" is a straightforward formation: the adjective "vaulting" with the adverbial suffix "-ly" added to it. "Vaulting" itself comes from the verb "vault," which entered English from Old French "volter," meaning to leap or turn, a word that traces back through Latin "volvere," to roll or turn. The arched ceiling sense of "vault" came from the same root, since a curved roof was imagined as something turned or rounded over a space. The suffix "-ly" comes from Old English "-lic," a form meaning "having the form or quality of," which gradually became the standard way to turn an adjective into an adverb. Attaching it to "vaulting" gives a manner adverb describing an action done in the way a leaper goes over an obstacle.

Synonyms: loftily, elevated, upliftedly

Antonyms: low, humbly