writhingly

词形变化

more writhingly 比较级 most writhingly 最高级

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 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 […]

词源

From writhing + -ly.

来源:wiktionary