Writhingly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 With a writhing motion.
"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, Volume 4, p. 524, […] the monster sprang from her burning hand, turned writhingly and rapidly in the air, outspread his wildly-fashioned wings, uprose, sank down, expanded, shrunk […]"
Example
More examples"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, Volume 4, p. 524, […] the monster sprang from her burning hand, turned writhingly and rapidly in the air, outspread his wildly-fashioned wings, uprose, sank down, expanded, shrunk […]"
Etymology
From writhing + -ly.
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