Usually means: With a prolonged sibilant sound.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word hissingly:

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  1. hissingly: Merriam-Webster
  2. hissingly: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hissingly: Wordnik
  4. hissingly: Wiktionary
  5. Hissingly, hissingly: Dictionary.com
  6. Hissingly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. hissingly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Hissingly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. hissingly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. hissingly: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Hissingly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hissingly)

▸ adverb:  While hissing; in a hissing fashion

Similar:
hissily, buzzingly, snickeringly, sighingly, whistlingly, shriekily, snarlingly, sirenically, raspingly, waspishly, more...

Opposite:
silently, quietly, softly, peacefully

Types:
sibilant, fricative, affricate, hiss, more...

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Similar:
hissily, buzzingly, snickeringly, sighingly, whistlingly, shriekily, snarlingly, sirenically, raspingly, waspishly, more...

Opposite:
silently, quietly, softly, peacefully

Types:
sibilant, fricative, affricate, hiss, more...



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