Mesmerically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
""What do you want me to do?" she asked, in her nervousness holding the bowl of her glass — it was a large glass on a stem, that the Mexicans call a Copa, a Cup — and swaying the wine mesmerically."
Example
More examples""What do you want me to do?" she asked, in her nervousness holding the bowl of her glass — it was a large glass on a stem, that the Mexicans call a Copa, a Cup — and swaying the wine mesmerically."
Etymology
From mesmeric + -ally.
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