swayingn.

/ˈsweɪɪŋ/

Etymology: < sway v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of sway v.; movement to and fro; vacillation; influencing, controlling, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > action or fact of influencing

dominationc1386

prevailment1599

swayinga1665

influencing1754

button pushing1912

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swaying

swimblec1386

swagging1566

rolling1578

swaling1824

swaying1837

sway1846

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]

yea-and-nayc1384

vacillationc1400

titteringa1413

stackeringc1440

wondingc1440

fluctuationc1450

waver1519

mammering1532

uncertainty1548

wavering1548

to and fro1553

suspense1560

staggering1565

suspension1568

mammery1578

demur1581

branle1591

dilly-dally1592

hesitance1601

irresolution1601

uncertainness1601

undecision1611

waveringness1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unresolvednessa1626

doubleness of minda1628

wavinga1628

swagging1636

poise1637

mambling1640

stickagea1647

vacillancy1668

whifflinga1677

hovering1679

unresolve1679

irresoluteness1686

shilly-shally1755

indecisiona1763

undecisiveness1779

indecisiveness1793

oscillation1798

flexility1815

shilly-shallying1842

swaying1850

Hamletism1852

teeter1855

havering1866

off and on1875

dilly-dallying1879

double-mindedness1881

hesitatingness1890

dither1958

a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xiii. 378 For the swaying and ordering of our Judgments in the Question in hand.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. ii. 110 Bread not to be had except by Ticket from the Mayor,..after long swaying, with firm grip, on the chain of the Queue.

1849 C. Kingsley N. Devon: Pt. II in Misc. (1860) II. 275 The swaying of the fir boughs in the gale.

1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace II. iv. xiv. 200 His life had been a swaying between contemplation and action.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iv. 132 The low murmur and swaying to and fro of the dense crowd.

2. swaying of or in the back: the condition of being swayed in the back (sway v. 5b) or sway-backed adj. Also back-swaying.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of > condition of being swayed in the back

swaying of or in the back1598

back-swaying1852

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Feruto, a disease in a horse called the swaying of the neck [sic].

1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) Swaying in the Back, a Distemper in Horses that comes many ways.

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lxviii. 265 By a Swaying of the Back, is properly to be understood a Stretching and Relaxation of the Muscles and Ligaments.

1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 279 Back swaying, effort des reins.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

swayingadj.

/ˈsweɪɪŋ/

Etymology: < sway v. + -ing suffix².

I. Senses relating to motion forward.

†1. Moving. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > [adjective] > moving

stirringc950

movablea1382

swayingc1400

moving?a1425

shifting1479

mobile1490

unquiet1539

movent1644

impacifica1657

traversing1785

unstationary1832

unsettled1845

shifty1884

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 420 [The ark] Drof vpon þe depe dam..With-outen..any sweande sayl to seche after hauen.

II. Senses relating to a swinging or swaying motion; control.

2. Exercising power, influence, or control; influential, controlling. Obsolete except as the second element of compounds, e.g. all-swaying.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > [adjective] > ruling or governing

regnantc1475

governing1534

ladylike1534

lording1548

ruling1561

signorizing1588

regent1613

swaying1625

regal1653

reigning1705

1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 106 [All matters of moment are to be determined by the three captains..; Weddell to have] a double or swaying voyce.

1684 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1885) IV. 111 A sweying man..to moderate the bench.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 314 A Member of the House of Commons, and of a swaying Interest there.

1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 171 A directing and swayeing head.

3. Vacillating.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]

twiredec888

orrathc1175

twofoldc1175

twifoldc1200

waveringc1315

uncertain1382

suspensec1440

mammeringa1450

flowing?1504

floghtering1521

vacillant1521

in a mammering1532

double-minded1552

unstaid1561

unresolute1570

unresolved?1571

staggeringa1577

frittle1579

irresolute1579

cheverel1583

off and on1583

halting1585

unsettleda1593

unresolving1599

demurring1607

waving1611

suspensive1614

hoveringa1616

startling1619

irresolved1621

hesitating1622

indetermined1628

variousa1643

branling1645

hesitant1647

non-sincere1656

hesitatious1657

humdrum1660

shuttlecock1660

yea-and-nay1672

swaying1688

interpendent1708

undetermined1718

Squadronec1720

hesitatorya1734

volanta1734

shilly-shally1734

dilly-dally1749

niffy-naffy1765

wiggle-waggle1778

undecided1779

undecisive1780

indecisive1787

conflicted1789

hesitative1795

undeciding1802

vacillating1814

yea-nay1827

demurrant1836

willy-nilly1839

shilly-shallying1842

oscillative1852

Hamletish1854

vacillatory1854

dilly-dallying1879

thistledown1897

weak-principled1913

not-quite1920

off-again on-again1923

dithery1931

havering1975

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 74/2 The Laws of Coursing..often alter according to some Mens swaying Fancies.

4. In horses, ‘a hollow sinking down of the Back-bone’ (Bailey, 1726).

5. Moving to and fro.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective] > swaying

nodding1693

rolling1753

swaling1824

swaying1847

swingy1943

1847 W. M. Thackeray Lords & Liv. iii The mad swaying rush of the horses was reduced to a..steady gallop.

1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. vii. 121 The swaying branches creak and groan.

1899 E. J. Chapman Snake-witch in Drama Two Lives 53 The flood-swept land and the swaying sea.

Derivatives

ˈswayingly adv. with a swaying motion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adverb] > swaying

swalingly1822

swayingly1854

a-sway1858

swingingly1882

weavingly1945

1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 294/2 On the tall poplar tree Perch'd swayingly.

1882 Proctor in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 476 Carried, not bodily, but still swayingly, against the direction of rotation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	swaying
释义	swayingn. /ˈsweɪɪŋ/ Etymology: < sway v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of sway v.; movement to and fro; vacillation; influencing, controlling, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > action or fact of influencing dominationc1386 prevailment1599 swayinga1665 influencing1754 button pushing1912 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swaying swimblec1386 swagging1566 rolling1578 swaling1824 swaying1837 sway1846 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xiii. 378 For the swaying and ordering of our Judgments in the Question in hand. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. ii. 110 Bread not to be had except by Ticket from the Mayor,..after long swaying, with firm grip, on the chain of the Queue. 1849 C. Kingsley N. Devon: Pt. II in Misc. (1860) II. 275 The swaying of the fir boughs in the gale. 1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace II. iv. xiv. 200 His life had been a swaying between contemplation and action. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iv. 132 The low murmur and swaying to and fro of the dense crowd. 2. swaying of or in the back: the condition of being swayed in the back (sway v. 5b) or sway-backed adj. Also back-swaying. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of > condition of being swayed in the back swaying of or in the back1598 back-swaying1852 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Feruto, a disease in a horse called the swaying of the neck [sic]. 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) Swaying in the Back, a Distemper in Horses that comes many ways. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lxviii. 265 By a Swaying of the Back, is properly to be understood a Stretching and Relaxation of the Muscles and Ligaments. 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 279 Back swaying, effort des reins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2021). swayingadj. /ˈsweɪɪŋ/ Etymology: < sway v. + -ing suffix². I. Senses relating to motion forward. †1. Moving. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [adjective] > moving stirringc950 movablea1382 swayingc1400 moving?a1425 shifting1479 mobile1490 unquiet1539 movent1644 impacifica1657 traversing1785 unstationary1832 unsettled1845 shifty1884 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 420 [The ark] Drof vpon þe depe dam..With-outen..any sweande sayl to seche after hauen. II. Senses relating to a swinging or swaying motion; control. 2. Exercising power, influence, or control; influential, controlling. Obsolete except as the second element of compounds, e.g. all-swaying. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > [adjective] > ruling or governing regnantc1475 governing1534 ladylike1534 lording1548 ruling1561 signorizing1588 regent1613 swaying1625 regal1653 reigning1705 1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 106 [All matters of moment are to be determined by the three captains..; Weddell to have] a double or swaying voyce. 1684 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1885) IV. 111 A sweying man..to moderate the bench. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 314 A Member of the House of Commons, and of a swaying Interest there. 1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 171 A directing and swayeing head. 3. Vacillating. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 74/2 The Laws of Coursing..often alter according to some Mens swaying Fancies. 4. In horses, ‘a hollow sinking down of the Back-bone’ (Bailey, 1726). 5. Moving to and fro. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective] > swaying nodding1693 rolling1753 swaling1824 swaying1847 swingy1943 1847 W. M. Thackeray Lords & Liv. iii The mad swaying rush of the horses was reduced to a..steady gallop. 1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. vii. 121 The swaying branches creak and groan. 1899 E. J. Chapman Snake-witch in Drama Two Lives 53 The flood-swept land and the swaying sea. Derivatives ˈswayingly adv. with a swaying motion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adverb] > swaying swalingly1822 swayingly1854 a-sway1858 swingingly1882 weavingly1945 1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 294/2 On the tall poplar tree Perch'd swayingly. 1882 Proctor in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 476 Carried, not bodily, but still swayingly, against the direction of rotation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1598adj.c1400
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