Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a trance-like or spell-bound manner; like one in a trance.

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Examples

  • As Richard took his seat, moving slowly and trancedly, and began to eat his food with half indifference because of his dreams, she took the chair at the other end of the table, and, cupping her chin in her hands, stared at him petulantly.

    The Judge Rebecca West 1937

  • There, as they sat, Cora swung by them, dancing again with her lieutenant, and looking up trancedly into the gallant eyes of the triumphant and intoxicated young man.

    The Flirt 1912

  • There, as they sat, Cora swung by them, dancing again with her lieutenant, and looking up trancedly into the gallant eyes of the triumphant and intoxicated young man.

    The Flirt Booth Tarkington 1907

  • "It's Trafalgar Day," went on Selina, trancedly; "Trafalgar Day -- and nobody cares!"

    Dream Days 1898

  • "It's Trafalgar Day," went on Selina, trancedly; "Trafalgar Day -- and nobody cares!"

    Dream Days Kenneth Grahame 1895

  • But he was gazing at his mother trancedly and with slight movements of his hands and feet, as if she were dancing and he desired to join her in her spinning rhythm; and she, mad, changeable woman, shivered and pressed her fingers against her mouth to silence herself, and looked down on her skirt, drawling lazily: "Well, here I am, standing about in my outdoor clothes.

    The Judge Rebecca West 1937

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