writhingly
writhingly adverb: with a writhing motion.
Adverb
writhingly (comparative more writhingly, superlative most writhingly)
- With a writhing motion.
- […] the monster sprang from her burning hand, turned writhingly and rapidly in the air, outspread his wildly-fashioned wings, uprose, sank down, expanded, shrunk […]1822, uncredited author, “The Nightmare” (Review of Smarra, ou les Démons de la Nuit by Charles Nodier (1821), including free translations of passages from the novella), The New Monthly Magazine...
- And now, just as he crossed the threshold of the closet, he writhingly strove to assume an expression intended to be not uncheerful […]1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities, New York: Harper, Book 25, Chapter 5, p. 473
Examples of writhingly in a sentence
- Wrenn writhingly admitted that he had never heard of Shelley […]1914, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 6, in Our Mr. Wrenn, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 71:
- Heroically, the man at the stake now overcame the will of his antenna, spoke rapidly, writhingly.1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 4, in The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, page 102:
Forms of writhingly
| comparative | more writhingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most writhingly |
Origin of writhingly
From writhing + -ly.
Questions about writhingly
- What does writhingly mean?
- Writhingly means with a writhing motion.
- How do you use writhingly in a sentence?
- Wrenn writhingly admitted that he had never heard of Shelley […]
- What part of speech is writhingly?
- Writhingly is an adverb.
Words near writhingly in the dictionary
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