Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a writhing manner; with writhing.
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- adverb With a
writhing motion.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Something groped upward from the floor, swayed in the bluish light, fell writhingly against the pair where they crouched beside the wall.
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One of them crawled writhingly over the others, lifted its head and put out its tongue at her: shivering, she opened the letter.
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He pointed at Shelley's rooms as at a certificated angel's feather, but Mr. Wrenn writhingly admitted that he had never heard of Shelley, whose name he confused with
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He pointed at Shelley's rooms as at a certificated angel's feather, but Mr. Wrenn writhingly admitted that he had never heard of Shelley, whose name he confused with Max O'Rell's, which Dr. Mittyford deemed an error.
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More lucky by far than the myriad innocent and friendly dogs that are left daily to scream out their lives writhingly in the wake of speeding motor-cars, Lady was killed at a single stroke.
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Saeid Shanbehzadeh sang, played a flute and danced writhingly around his overtone-rich goatskin bagpipe.
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He pointed at Shelley’s rooms as at a certificated angel’s feather, but Mr. Wrenn writhingly admitted that he had never heard of Shelley, whose name he confused with Max O’Rell’s, which Dr. Mittyford deemed an error.
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