curlingly
- adverb
- /ˈkɜr.lɪŋ.li/
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en espiral
- As the cake baked, the aroma curled curlingly through the kitchen, inviting everyone to come and taste.
And then you have to, like, use your baby to release the milk and that it's like toe curlingly painful when they latch.
- And then you have to, like, use your baby to release the milk and that it's like toe curlingly painful when they latch.
- I mean that that's like toe curlingly fucking painful.
Examples
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The vines grew curlingly around the old tree trunk, creating a beautiful natural sculpture.
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I mean that that's like toe curlingly fucking painful.
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And then you have to, like, use your baby to release the milk and that it's like toe curlingly painful when they latch.
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Drake is just toe-curlingly awful.
Blog text (27) -
Back when Jamie (Oh, Jamie!) and Claire were young, the action was crazy, and the sex was toe-curlingly hot.
Blog text (3) -
The reflections shifted curlingly.
Fiction book (1991) -
The ribbons hung curlingly from the edge of the table, adding a festive touch to the decorations.
Synonyms
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In a winding, curving way
In a curved way that goes around a center
In a curved way that follows a smooth line
In a bent, not straight way
In a way that makes the body or an object curve
In a winding way with many turns
In a way that spins around quickly
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
curlingly = curling (transparent) = curl + ing + ly
The adverb 'curlingly' is transparently formed from the verb 'curling' with the addition of the adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Curlingly comes from the simple word curl, which means 'a small twist or ring', plus -ing and -ly to make it describe how something happens. So, to say something moves curlingly is to say it moves 'with twists or gentle spirals', like curly hair or a winding river.