Definition of Meanderingly

1. Adverb. In a meandering manner. "The river ran meanderingly through the valley"

Partainyms: Meandering

Definition of Meanderingly

1. Adverb. In a meandering or winding manner. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Meanderingly

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mean spirited
mean sun
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mean vector
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meandering(a)
meanderingly (current term)
meanderings
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meaned

Literary usage of Meanderingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"It was in this mood that she sauntered one day across a broad pasture-field through which a narrow path meanderingly ran. With one small and tightly gloved ..."

2. History of the United States Secret Service by La Fayette Curry Baker (1867)
"... mail from Matthias Creek, Virginia, to Port Tobacco, struck Surrattsville, and thence headed off to the east of Washington, going meanderingly north. ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"Though it be heaven to quaff of— yet, in truth, A deadlier venom taints its gay expanse, meanderingly along — More deep, more strong, Than to the subtlest ..."

4. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1850)
"Within a few yards of the city, on a small stream which coursed meanderingly through rich groves of orange, an English company had erected a factory, which, ..."

5. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance by Warren Upham (1920)
"... to which Beaver creek is tributary, flows meanderingly past the south side of Beaver, York, and Bristol, several times crossing the state boundary. ..."

6. In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies by James Outram, Sir James Outram (1905)
"... which the river winds meanderingly in a maze of tortuous channels. A moment in the shadows of a tiny tunnel, and the lower reaches of the Kicking Horse ..."

7. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1894)
"A shallow lake at its upper end has found an outlet through these rubble masses and discharges its water meanderingly through them into the infant waves of ..."

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