Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a wandering or unsteady manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a wandering manner.
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- adverb In a way that
wanders .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I seem to remember talking, wanderingly, to myself during that last spurt.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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I seem to remember talking, wanderingly, to myself during that last spurt.
The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells: Part 3 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2005
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I seem to remember talking, wanderingly, to myself during that last spurt.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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At my touch she wakened; looked at me wanderingly; raised herself on a hand.
The Moon Pool 2004
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At the same time he looked about my room wanderingly.
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At the end wanderingly I said I wanted to sleep, since we would have to be up early to cross the line, and it was my intention to go in front with my bodyguard among the Beduin, wherever they were, for it was odd that Nuri Shaalan and Tallal had not overtaken us.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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As it was, these resources were in great measure frittered away -- gradually drawn by what appeared an irresistible influence into the vortex of the Rebellion -- or scattered wanderingly through the Loyal States, and worn down and exhausted in the support of dependent and outcast families.
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong
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"Washington Street" meanders wanderingly from Silver Street, in the colored section out to the "Gorge addition" inhabited by low economic level whites.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration
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All this my aunt told me huskily, wanderingly, as though she were talking in the weak lapses of illness.
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Six crossed pages of St. Louis gossip and wanderingly fluent advice.
Young People's Pride Stephen Vincent Ben��t 1920
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