Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a pendulous manner; waveringly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a pendulous manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
pendulous manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Of course,” Sir Frederick continued, dangling the necklace from his fist, the charm swinging back and forth pendulously, “you could have this back if you changed your mind.”
KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY VIOLET HABERDASHER 2010
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The bread demon had recovered and was now busily poking through the kitchen cabinets, looking for something else to eat, its red belly hanging pendulously over its belt line.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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“Of course,” Sir Frederick continued, dangling the necklace from his fist, the charm swinging back and forth pendulously, “you could have this back if you changed your mind.”
KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY VIOLET HABERDASHER 2010
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A pedigree dairy cow may yield prodigious quantities of milk, but its pendulously cumbersome udder would seriously impede it in any attempt to outrun a lion.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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A pedigree dairy cow may yield prodigious quantities of milk, but its pendulously cumbersome udder would seriously impede it in any attempt to outrun a lion.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Unfortunately, this means that when Scully is not orating on behalf of the revolution, he is swinging pendulously between the two women for whom he lusts.
Archive 2009-06-01 Fred Perry 2009
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Unfortunately, this means that when Scully is not orating on behalf of the revolution, he is swinging pendulously between the two women for whom he lusts.
A Specter is Haunting Texas Fred Perry 2009
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Marlys was a gentle tank of a woman with hennaed hair and folds of fat that hung so pendulously from her arms they seemed like loose white wings.
Copper River William Kent Krueger 2006
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Marlys was a gentle tank of a woman with hennaed hair and folds of fat that hung so pendulously from her arms they seemed like loose white wings.
Copper River William Kent Krueger 2006
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Everyone moved pendulously in layers of winter clothing, astronauts navigating the surface of a distant planet.
The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult 2006
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