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Definition of Serpentinely
1. adv. In a serpentine manner.
Definition of Serpentinely
1. Adverb. In a serpentine manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Serpentinely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serpentinely
Literary usage of Serpentinely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by Sir William Smith (1888)
"Dinde, though scarcely large enough for us to worm our way serpentinely through
the ten foot wall. " On scrambling through and descending the inner side of ..."
2. Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopaedia by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1853)
"... in conchology, a term applied to any shell wreathed serpentinely from a broad
base to a narrowed apex. ..."
3. Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California by John Taylor Hughes, Dewitt Clinton Allen, Charles R. Morehead (1907)
"The long lines stretched over miles of level plain, or wound serpentinely over
the beautifully undulating hills, with guns and sabres glittering in the ..."
4. The City of the Great King: Or, Jerusalem as it Was, as it Is, and as it is by James Turner Barclay (1858)
"... hole (commenced a day or two previous by our dog) was made, though scarcely
large enough for us to worm our way serpentinely through the ten- foot wall. ..."
5. A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie by Beamish Murdoch (1867)
"... at one side stretching serpentinely through the bushes It is worthy of remark
that comparatively few stones appear in the neighborhood of the rocking ..."
6. Naples by Sybil Fitzgerald (1904)
"It seems like a fairy world ; and when, from behind bars let into the moss-grown
rock-side, we saw a yellow panther glaring at us with serpentinely twisted ..."
7. Prison Slavery by Barbara Esposito, Lee Wood, Kathryn Bardsley (1982)
"... changed significantly: Sprawled serpentinely in the rural Gulf Coastal Plains
of eastern Texas, between the Blacklands Belt and the Coastal Prairies, ..."
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