Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a serpentine manner; serpentiningly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a serpentine manner.
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- adverb In a
serpentine manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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With the long, bony hands behind him, fingers twining and intertwining serpentinely about the handle of a little fan, and with the pointed chin resting on the breast of the yellow robe, so that the light from the lamp swinging in the centre of the ceiling gleamed upon the great, dome-like brow, this tall man paced sombrely from left to right.
The Devil Doctor Sax Rohmer 1921
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With the long, bony hands behind him, fingers twining and intertwining serpentinely about the handle of a little fan, and with the pointed chin resting on the breast of the yellow robe, so that the light from the lamp swinging in the center of the ceiling gleamed upon the great, dome-like brow, this tall man paced somberly from left to right.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer 1921
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She was too much of a woman to run straight to her _je-le-veux, _ so long as she could wind thitherward serpentinely and by detour.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long Charles Reade 1849
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"Perhaps if the duchess were deeply engaged in study he might have serpentinely glided through into the next room without her perceiving him.
Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Mary Cholmondeley 1892
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