hissingly

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adverb

While hissing; in a hissing fashion

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Meanings

adverbhissingly (comparative more hissingly, superlative most hissingly)

comparative more hissingly · superlative most hissingly

  1. While hissing; in a hissing fashion

    He lingered hissingly over the word.

    1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 27, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sibilantly

Origin

From hissing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

hissingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hissingly

MLA

“hissingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hissingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hissingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hissingly.

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