wormily
UK/ˈwəː.mə.lɪ//ˈwɝ.mə.li/
wormily adverb: in a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and turning.
Adverb
wormily (comparative more wormily, superlative most wormily)
- In a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and turning.
- It was not, he declares, anything connected with the cubes and caves of echoing, vaporous, wormily honeycombed mountains of madness which he crossed […]1936, H. P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
- Susan Klein’s fat, puppy-lard face began to ripple, and slowly, wormily, […] there emerged an ordinary looking individual who might have been seen just about anywhere.Spring 1999, D. F. Lewis, Stuart Hughes, “Beyond the comfort zone”, in Roadworks, number 4, pages 16–18
Forms of wormily
| comparative | more wormily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wormily |
Origin of wormily
From wormy + -ly.
Questions about wormily
- What does wormily mean?
- Wormily means in a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and turning.
- What part of speech is wormily?
- Wormily is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce wormily?
- Wormily is pronounced /ˈwəː.mə.lɪ/ (UK).
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