straw-clutchingly
straw-clutchingly adverb: in a manner which involves clutching at straws.
Adverb
straw-clutchingly (comparative more straw-clutchingly, superlative most straw-clutchingly)
- In a manner which involves clutching at straws.
- In other words, any Scottish supporter who had straw-clutchingly hoped for a fitness crisis in the All Blacks game has been disappointed.1999 October 22, Bryn Palmer, “Same again for men in black”, in The Scotsman
- However, in those heightened milliseconds of being able to circumnavigate the entire scene of her imminent destruction, Petra knows that her straw-clutchingly pathetic notion is far from the truth.2007, Freya North, Pillow Talk, Sourcebooks Landmark, published 2011, →ISBN, page 105
Forms of straw-clutchingly
| comparative | more straw-clutchingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most straw-clutchingly |
Origin of straw-clutchingly
From straw-clutching + -ly.
Questions about straw-clutchingly
- What does straw-clutchingly mean?
- Straw-clutchingly means in a manner which involves clutching at straws.
- What part of speech is straw-clutchingly?
- Straw-clutchingly is an adverb.
Words near straw-clutchingly in the dictionary
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