aswirl
/əˈswɜː(ɹ)l/
aswirl adverb: swirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling.
Adverb
aswirl (not comparable)
- Swirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling.
- A burst of cloudy topsails
Go blowing swiftly by,
With the stars aswirl behind them
Like bright dust down the sky.1922, DuBose Heyward, Hervey Allen, “The Pirates”, in Carolina Chansons, New York: Macmillan, page 30 - snow’s aswirl like the ashes from burnt-out celestial wards,1983, Joseph Brodsky, “Lithuanian Nocturne”, in To Urania, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 8
- A burst of cloudy topsails
aswirl meaning in Tamil
aswirl in Tamil
- சுழலும்
Examples of aswirl in a sentence
- The air was aswirl with screaming gulls.1993, Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars, New York: Bantam, Part 1:
- An ebullient woman aswirl in colorful layers of bargain-basement clothes and zany hats, Barbara Siegel also happens to be chairwoman of the Drama Desk nominating committee.2007 January 19, Stephen Holden, “A Producer for All Seasons (Also Juggles)”, in New York Times:
Origin of aswirl
From a- + swirl.
Words that rhyme with aswirl
Questions about aswirl
- What does aswirl mean?
- Aswirl means swirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling.
- What is aswirl in Tamil?
- Aswirl in Tamil is சுழலும். See Aswirl meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use aswirl in a sentence?
- The air was aswirl with screaming gulls.
- What part of speech is aswirl?
- Aswirl is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce aswirl?
- Aswirl is pronounced /əˈswɜː(ɹ)l/.
Words near aswirl in the dictionary
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