adverb
- in a manner that produces a loud, sharp, rattling sound; with much clattering noise
Usage: informal; descriptive adverb formed from the adjective 'clattering'
Examples
- The dishes fell clatteringly into the sink.
- He ran clatteringly down the metal stairs.
- The old train moved clatteringly along the tracks.
- Pots and pans crashed clatteringly to the kitchen floor.
- She closed the gate clatteringly behind her.