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pendulously

pendulously adverb: in a pendulous manner.

Adverb

pendulously (comparative more pendulously, superlative most pendulously)

  1. In a pendulous manner.
    • Noiselessly it raised its head, and steadily its green eyes watched this invader, and when convinced that she was a menace, a forked tongue protruded from its head, swinging to and fro pendulously.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 291

Forms of pendulously

comparativemore pendulously
superlativemost pendulously

Origin of pendulously

From pendulous + -ly.

Questions about pendulously

What does pendulously mean?
Pendulously means in a pendulous manner.
What part of speech is pendulously?
Pendulously is an adverb.

Words near pendulously in the dictionary

  1. pendulosities
  2. pendulosity
  3. pendulous
  4. pendulous abdomen
  5. pendulous abdomens
  6. pendulously
  7. pendulousness
  8. pendulum
  9. pendulum arbitration
  10. pendulum clock
  11. pendulum clocks

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