different between spankingly vs sparkingly

English

From spanking +? -ly.

spankingly (comparative more spankingly, superlative most spankingly)

In a spanking manner; vigorously; freshly.
- 1843, John Howell, The man-o'-war's man, by Bill Truck (page 159)
  She is both wetting and getting up a fresh topsail on her after-mast — I see them crossing the yard even now. By my honour, she is a charming, lively creature, and goes through it spankingly.
- 2005, Lark Ellen Gould, Los Angeles Off the Beaten Path
  a modern and spankingly clean subway system

sparking +? -ly

sparkingly (comparative more sparkingly, superlative most sparkingly)

With or by sparks.
- 1959, Canadian Patent Office Record: Volume 87
  […] flint means held thereby to be frictionally sparkingly engageable with said wheel means […]

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