单词 | oozily |
释义 | oozilyadv. As if through or in ooze or mud. Also figurative: unctuously. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] slowlyc1384 slowa1398 tortoise-like1645 lently1655 snail-like1825 loiteringly1836 dreichly1844 oozily1871 leadenly1879 snailishly1889 glacially1975 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxi. 15 Hands to the winds above Torches oozily swinging. 1913 A. Lowell Sword Blades & Poppy Seeds (1914) 50 Leviathans Oozily crawling through the mud. 1935 G. J. Nathan Passing Judgments 258 Nobody in the world can smile so oozily as a night club band conductor. 1979 Sci. Amer. Sept. 31/1 They are amoeboid forms that move without flagella or cilia by oozily ‘walking’. 2001 Guardian (Electronic ed.) 20 July Dream, an oozily sincere ballad featuring female protégée Chinky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1871 |
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