Stagnantly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Synonyms

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coldlyheavily

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"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.

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