Definitions
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- adverb With a motion that
wriggles .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He stopped suddenly, and quickly jerked up his rod, but not quite speedily enough, for he had the pleasure of seeing a fish slip wrigglingly off the hook.
The Motor Girls Margaret Penrose
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For the most part, the men with the feed-trough or the water-pail ignored her bounding and wrigglingly eager welcome as completely as though she were a part of the kennel furnishings.
Bruce Albert Payson Terhune 1907
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With much effort Gavin managed to stroke the wrigglingly active head, and to say a reassuring word to his worshiper.
Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907
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Teddem so imitated Colonel Roosevelt, with two water-glasses for eye-glasses and a small hat-brush for mustache, that Mr. Wrenn was moved wrigglingly to exclaim: “Say, I’m going out and get some beer.
Our Mr. Wrenn 2004
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But Teddem so imitated Colonel Roosevelt, with two water-glasses for eye-glasses and a small hat-brush for mustache, that Mr. Wrenn was moved wrigglingly to exclaim: "Say, I'm going out and get some beer.
Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Sinclair Lewis 1918
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But Teddem so imitated Colonel Roosevelt, with two water-glasses for eye-glasses and a small hat-brush for mustache, that Mr. Wrenn was moved wrigglingly to exclaim: "Say, I'm going out and get some beer.
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