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Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.

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  1. a. Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
  2. Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [R.] -- Sub*sul"to*ri*ly, adv. [R.] Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the subsultory to the continuous, -- these are the two frequent extremities to which the French manner betrays men. De Quincey.
  3. Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [R.] --Sub*sul"to*ri*ly, adv. [R.]Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the subsultory to the continuous, --these are the two frequent extremities to which the French mannerbetrays men. De Quincey.
  4. a. Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.