• Wormily

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈwəː.mÉ™.lɪ/
    • US IPA: /ˈwɝ.mÉ™.li/

    Origin

    wormy + -ly

    Full definition of wormily

    Adverb

    wormily

    1. In a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and turning.
      • 1936, H. P. Lovecraft, ,It was not, he declares, anything connected with the cubes and caves of echoing, vaporous, wormily honeycombed mountains of madness which he crossed ...
      • 1999, D. F. Lewis & Stuart Hughes, Beyond the comfort zone, Roadworks, # 4 (Spring 1999), 16-18Susan 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.
      • 2006, Burton, Iowa City, Nov 17, 2006 (Comment)When the sleeping bag began squirming wormily and bouncing to the beat ...
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