groaninglyadv.
/ˈɡrəʊnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈɡroʊnɪŋli/ In a groaning manner.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [adverb]
moanfully1621
moaningly1796
groaningly1830
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [adverb] > moan or groan
moaningly1796
groaningly1830
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [adverb]
groaningly1887
1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 587 Neither better nor worse than prize poems generally are—that is groaningly stupid.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. x. 161 The hag..picked groaningly up the heavy purse.
1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. II. xxxi. 293 They groaningly disclosed where they had hidden their money.
1887 ‘S. Cumberland’ Queen's Highway 159 The train groaningly proceeds higher and higher.
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