She was placed on a descending plank, to which she was attached by a chain and rope pulley,-so that at any time of the weather or tide she could be moved Glidingly downwards into deep water-and this was what Valdemar occupied himself in doing.
"Thelma"
Marie Corelli
She did not perceive Lucretia till the last walked Glidingly, but firmly, up to her, placed a burning hand on her lips, and whispered: "Hush, betray me not; my happiness for life-Susan's-his-are at stake; I must hear what passes: it is my fate that is deciding.
"Lucretia, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Then with horrible dread he became aware that she was coming slowly, Glidingly, toward him and the spell that had kept him motionless broke and he shrank back among the pillows, his sound hand clenched upon the covering over him, his parched lips moving in dumb supplication.
"The Shadow of the East"
E. M. Hull