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tanglingly

tanglingly adverb: so as to entangle.

Adverb

tanglingly (comparative more tanglingly, superlative most tanglingly)

  1. So as to entangle.
    • The flowers do not lie so tanglingly thick there; the pathway is not encumbered with them.1872, John Wesley Hales, Longer English Poems

Forms of tanglingly

comparativemore tanglingly
superlativemost tanglingly

Origin of tanglingly

From tangling + -ly.

Questions about tanglingly

What does tanglingly mean?
Tanglingly means so as to entangle.
What part of speech is tanglingly?
Tanglingly is an adverb.

Words near tanglingly in the dictionary

  1. tangletalk
  2. Tanglewood
  3. tanglier
  4. tangliest
  5. tangling
  6. tanglingly
  7. tanglings
  8. Tanglish
  9. tangly
  10. Tangmere
  11. Tangney

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