Definitions

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  • adverb In a manner reminding of a worm, with much twisting and turning.

Etymologies

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wormy + -ly

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Examples

  • As he roamed the metamorphosed city he saw bat-winged imps sitting on the corners of buildings made of deceits and glimpsed goblins oozing wormily through the broken tilework of public urinals for men.

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

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