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meanderingly

/miˈændɝɪŋli/ adv

In a meandering or winding manner.

Word Origin Meander comes from the Greek river Maiandros, known for its winding, twisting course. So to meander is to wander like that river. Meanderingly adds the adverbial suffixes -ing and -ly to describe doing something in a winding, aimless way. The word is a great example of a geographical feature becoming a verb and then an adverb.

adv In a meandering or winding manner.

The river flowed meanderingly through the lush valley.

(副词) 蜿蜒曲折地；迂回曲折地

河流蜿蜒曲折地流过郁郁葱葱的山谷。

(adverbio) De manera sinuosa o serpenteante.

El río fluía sinuosamente a través del exuberante valle.

(adverbe) en serpentant; sinueusement; en zigzag [D'une manière sinueuse, en formant des méandres.]

La rivière coulait meanderingly à travers la vallée verdoyante.

(Adverb) mäandernd; gewunden; sich schlängelnd [auf eine sich schlängelnde oder gewundene Weise; ohne geraden Verlauf.]

Der Fluss floss **meanderingly** durch das üppige Tal.

(副詞) 曲がりくねって。のんびりとうねるように。

川は緑豊かな谷間を曲がりくねって流れた。

(advérbio) sinuosamente; serpenteantemente; de forma sinuosa [De forma sinuosa ou serpenteante.]

O rio fluía sinuosamente pelo vale exuberante.

Synonyms: winding indirectly circuitously ramblingly wanderingly sinuously tortuously twistingly Antonyms: directly straight straightforwardly linearly
Word parts: meander + ing + ly

Related words

meanderer

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