twiningly

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adverb

So as to twine.

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Meanings

adverbtwiningly (comparative more twiningly, superlative most twiningly)

comparative more twiningly · superlative most twiningly

  1. So as to twine.

    The cap she selected for the occasion was one which owed almost all its Barnabian grace to a very magnificent wreath of crimson roses, which ran twiningly and caressingly round the front of it, […]

    1843, Frances Trollope, chapter XXXII, in The Barnabys in America, or Adventures of the Widow Wedded, Paris: Published by A[nthony] and W[illiam] Galignani and Co., […], →OCLC, page 249

Origin

From twining + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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