rollingly
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- adverb
- /ˈroʊlɪŋli/
- Informal
- After hearing his excuse for being late, she just shook her head eye-rollingly.
- eye-rollingly
Examples
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His eye-rollingly sarcastic answer made it clear that he was not impressed with the proposal.
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Was wanting to keep the papers completely eye-rollingly stupid?
Blog text (1) -
The Twelve has its flaws, but Cronin's writing quality continues to lift it above what could easily become a morass of easy contrivance and eye-rollingly vague spirituality.
Blog text (25) -
She explained the rules of the game so poorly that her friends just looked at her eye-rollingly.
Synonyms
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8.1
In a way that shows you do not respect someone or something
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8.2
In a sharply critical way that can hurt someone's feelings
Antonyms
How Sarcastic
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
rollingly = rolling (transparent) = roll + ing + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the participial adjective 'rolling' (from 'roll'), so the manner meaning is directly predictable from the base.
Etymology
Rollingly comes from the verb roll ('to turn' or 'move in a circle') and the adverb -ly, and it brings to mind someone 'rolling' their eyes. So to say something rollingly is to say it with that eye-rolling look of sarcasm or annoyance.