stagnantly

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adverb

In a stagnant manner.

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Meanings

adverbstagnantly (comparative more stagnantly, superlative most stagnantly)

comparative more stagnantly · superlative most stagnantly

  1. In a stagnant manner.

    Andrew, Mina's husband! Ursula turned from her to him. The veins in his forehead stood out stagnantly; his blood-red eyes looked mournfully, helplessly at Ursula's, filling swiftly with maternal solicitude.

    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 251

Origin

From stagnant + -ly.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stagnantly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagnantly.

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