wormily

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UK/ˈwəː.mə.lɪ/US/ˈwɝ.mə.li/

adverb

In a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and turning.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adverbwormily (comparative more wormily, superlative most wormily)

comparative more wormily · superlative most wormily

  1. In a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and turning.

    It was not, he declares, anything connected with the cubes and caves of echoing, vaporous, wormily honeycombed mountains of madness which he crossed […]

    1936, H. P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
    1 more example

    Susan Klein’s fat, puppy-lard face began to ripple, and slowly, wormily, […] there emerged an ordinary looking individual who might have been seen just about anywhere.

    Spring 1999, D. F. Lewis, Stuart Hughes, “Beyond the comfort zone”, in Roadworks, number 4, pages 16–18

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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