moaninglyadv.
/ˈməʊnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈmoʊnɪŋli/ In a moaning manner; with moans or complaints.
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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
1796 R. Bage Hermsprong xii. 109 He stood up, looked moaningly at her; turned three or four times, and lay down; then rose again; gave a mournful whine.
1811 P. B. Shelley St. Irvyne iii. 86 The wind sighed moaningly along the stilly colonnades.
1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 489 The rain welters moaningly.
1872 Littell's Living Age 13 July 117 A labouring chest, and waxen, wasted hands, that toss moaningly to and fro.
1938 I. Gandhi Let. 1 Feb. in Freedom's Daughter (1989) iii. 369 Outside it is cold and moaningly windy and dark.
1961 S. Plath Coll. Poems (1981) 168 Of people the air only Remembers a few odd syllables. It rehearses them moaningly.
2000 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 4 July 72 His hunchbacked, one-armed crone of a sister..who moaningly obeys his every command.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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