Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

writhingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: writhing-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With a writhing motion.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"And now, just as he crossed the threshold of the closet, he writhingly strove to assume an expression intended to be not uncheerful […]"
"[…] Mr. Wrenn writhingly admitted that he had never heard of Shelley […]"
"Heroically, the man at the stake now overcame the will of his antenna, spoke rapidly, writhingly."
"[…] the most glaring problem about gauging the influence that van Mander’s rules had on subsequent generations is that they so very obviously describe his own output: classically statuesque at the beginning; elastically, writhingly mannerist at the end."

Etymology

From writhing + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: writhing

Inflected Forms

more writhingly (comparative) most writhingly (superlative)

Questions

What does writhingly mean?: With a writhing motion.
Where does writhingly come from?: From writhing + -ly.

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