Stagnantly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a stagnant manner.
"Andrew, Mina's husband! Ursula turned from her to him. The veins in his forehead stood out stagnantly; his blood-red eyes looked mournfully, helplessly at Ursula's, filling swiftly with maternal solicitude."
Example
More examples"Andrew, Mina's husband! Ursula turned from her to him. The veins in his forehead stood out stagnantly; his blood-red eyes looked mournfully, helplessly at Ursula's, filling swiftly with maternal solicitude."
Etymology
From stagnant + -ly.