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- adverb In a
contorted manner.
Etymologies
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contorted + -ly
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Examples
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Of course, dream after dream of particular numbers and combinations occurs, -- for the mind bent to this subject plays freaks in the night, and repeats contortedly the thoughts of the day, -- and these dreams are considered of special value.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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