writhingly

With a writhing motion.

Adverb

  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, […]...
    • And now, just as he crossed the threshold of the closet, he writhingly strove to assume an expression intended to be not uncheerful […] - 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities, New York: Harper, Book 25,...
    • […] Mr. Wrenn writhingly admitted that he had never heard of Shelley […] - 1914, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 6, in Our Mr. Wrenn, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 71:

Origin

From writhing + -ly.

Forms

more writhingly most writhingly