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mesmerically

mesmerically adverb: in a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.

Adverb

mesmerically (comparative more mesmerically, superlative most mesmerically)

  1. In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
    • "What do you want me to do?" she asked, in her nervousness holding the bowl of her glass — it was a large glass on a stem, that the Mexicans call a Copa, a Cup — and swaying the wine mesmerically.1925, D.H. Lawrence, chapter XVIII, in Louis L. Martz, editor, Quetzalcoatl, New York: New Directions, published 1998, page 307

Forms of mesmerically

comparativemore mesmerically
superlativemost mesmerically

Origin of mesmerically

From mesmeric + -ally.

Questions about mesmerically

What does mesmerically mean?
Mesmerically means in a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
What part of speech is mesmerically?
Mesmerically is an adverb.

Words near mesmerically in the dictionary

  1. mesmeree
  2. mesmerees
  3. Mesmerian
  4. mesmeric
  5. mesmerical
  6. mesmerically
  7. mesmerisable
  8. mesmerisation
  9. mesmerisations
  10. mesmerise
  11. mesmerised

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