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sinuously

sinuously adverb: in a sinuous manner.

Adverb

sinuously (comparative more sinuously, superlative most sinuously)

  1. In a sinuous manner.
    • "Yeah", agreed Fern Williams, her arm curved sinuously around LaFlora's bare midriff section.1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 14

Forms of sinuously

comparativemore sinuously
superlativemost sinuously

Origin of sinuously

From sinuous + -ly.

Questions about sinuously

What does sinuously mean?
Sinuously means in a sinuous manner.
What part of speech is sinuously?
Sinuously is an adverb.

Words near sinuously in the dictionary

  1. sinuosely
  2. sinuosities
  3. sinuosity
  4. sinuous
  5. sinuous ballweed
  6. sinuously
  7. sinuousness
  8. sinuousnesses
  9. sinupallial
  10. sinupalliate
  11. sinupalliates

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