Meanings
adverbpendulously (comparative more pendulously, superlative most pendulously)
comparative more pendulously · superlative most pendulously
- In a pendulous manner.
Noiselessly it raised its head, and steadily its green eyes watched this invader, and when convinced that she was a menace, a forked tongue protruded from its head, swinging to and fro pendulously.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 291
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
pendulously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendulously
MLA
“pendulously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendulously. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pendulously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendulously.
Source: pendulously on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.