trancily
trancily adverb: which causes or results from a trance (a dazed or unconscious condition).
Adverb
trancily (comparative more trancily, superlative most trancily)
- Which causes or results from a trance (a dazed or unconscious condition).
- On Christmas morning the three of them went to church, and Mrs Shannon, being deeply affected by the carols, go her annual religious mania, and walked trancily down the road afterwards, talking about the peaceful life of a nun.1940, Monica Dickens, Mariana, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, published 1950, page 256
- Louise gazed trancily down the hall, but then seemed to recognise something — the modern-art clock on the wall, maybe.2010, Lucy Dillon, Walking Back to Happiness, London: Hodder, →ISBN, page 254
Forms of trancily
| comparative | more trancily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most trancily |
Origin of trancily
From trance + -ily.
Questions about trancily
- What does trancily mean?
- Trancily means which causes or results from a trance (a dazed or unconscious condition).
- What part of speech is trancily?
- Trancily is an adverb.
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