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twiningly

twiningly adverb: so as to twine.

Adverb

twiningly (comparative more twiningly, superlative most twiningly)

  1. So as to twine.
    • The cap she selected for the occasion was one which owed almost all its Barnabian grace to a very magnificent wreath of crimson roses, which ran twiningly and caressingly round the front of it, […]1843, Frances Trollope, chapter XXXII, in The Barnabys in America, or Adventures of the Widow Wedded, Paris: Published by A[nthony] and W[illiam] Galignani and Co., […], →OCLC, page 249

Forms of twiningly

comparativemore twiningly
superlativemost twiningly

Origin of twiningly

From twining + -ly.

Questions about twiningly

What does twiningly mean?
Twiningly means so as to twine.
What part of speech is twiningly?
Twiningly is an adverb.

Words near twiningly in the dictionary

  1. twinhull
  2. twinhulled
  3. twinhulls
  4. twinight
  5. twining
  6. twiningly
  7. twinings
  8. twinism
  9. twinjet
  10. twinjets
  11. twink

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