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Meaning of "squirmingly" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SQUIRMINGLY

ˈskwɜːmɪŋlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SQUIRMINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Squirmingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SQUIRMINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of squirmingly in the English dictionary

The definition of squirmingly in the dictionary is in such a way as to move with a wriggling motion or writhe. Other definition of squirmingly is in such a way as to feel deep mental discomfort, guilt, embarrassment, etc.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SQUIRMINGLY

affirmingly · alarmingly · assumingly · beseemingly · boomingly · calmingly · charmingly · conformingly · disarmingly · dreamingly · fumingly · gleamingly · informingly · schemingly · screamingly · seemingly · streamingly · teemingly · unassumingly · unbeseemingly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SQUIRMINGLY

squirehood · squirelike · squireling · squirely · squireship · squiress · squirish · squirm · squirmer · squirming · squirmy · squirrel · squirrel cage · squirrel corn · squirrel monkey · squirrel-cage motor · squirrel-like · squirrel-tail grass · squirrelfish · squirrelled

WORDS THAT END LIKE SQUIRMINGLY

accordingly · amazingly · astonishingly · correspondingly · exceedingly · increasingly · interestingly · irritatingly · knowingly · livingly · lovingly · overwhelmingly · shockingly · sickeningly · singly · sparingly · strikingly · strongly · stunningly · surprisingly · willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of squirmingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «squirmingly» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SQUIRMINGLY

Find out the translation of squirmingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of squirmingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «squirmingly» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

squirmingly
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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squirmingly
570 millions of speakers
en

English

squirmingly
510 millions of speakers
hi

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squirmingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

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squirmingly
280 millions of speakers
ru

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squirmingly
278 millions of speakers
pt

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squirmingly
270 millions of speakers
bn

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squirmingly
260 millions of speakers
fr

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squirmingly
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Squirmingly
190 millions of speakers
de

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squirmingly
180 millions of speakers
ja

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squirmingly
130 millions of speakers
ko

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squirmingly
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Squirmingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

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squirmingly
80 millions of speakers
ta

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squirmingly
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

squirmingly
70 millions of speakers
it

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squirmingly
65 millions of speakers
pl

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squirmingly
50 millions of speakers
uk

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squirmingly
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

squirmingly
30 millions of speakers
el

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squirmingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

squirmingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

squirmingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

squirmingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of squirmingly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SQUIRMINGLY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about squirmingly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUIRMINGLY»

Discover the use of squirmingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to squirmingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chatterbox: Poems
Chatterbox is cheeky and approachable; readable poetry with a relatable story. Chatterbox is Sandy Day's first book.
Sandy Day, 2011
2
A Circle of Friends: Remembering Madeleine L'Engle (second ...
... novel on P.S. (the boat we were currently aboard), but that it made me very uncomfortable to have the protagonist so very, um, like me ... and in many subsequent drafts the parts that were squirmingly familiar faded back to a tolerable level.
Katherine Kirkpatrick, 2010
3
Turn Up the Heat (Mills & Boon Blaze)
And yes, Candy had been squirmingly uncomfortable no matter what the mirror said. She kept hearing Chuck's voice assuring her she was pretty and sexy without artificial trappings. “No, not losing my nerve.” “Then ...?” “I met a guy.” Her voice ...
Isabel Sharpe, 2012
4
The Perfect Wife: The Life and Choices of Laura Bush
... giving a political speech, and, of course, I never jogged with him, not even once." They had both broken their promises, straight out of the blocks. That first speech was squirmingly bad. I've seen her wince and chuckle over it, decades later.
Ann Gerhart, 2005
5
The Shakespeare Myth
... by a dashing young don (now a rather less dashing professor at one of the newer universities) who recounted a squirmingly paternal anecdote about how his litde son, listening to Shakespearean dialogue on television, had been enthralled ...
Graham Holderness, 1988
6
Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave
It offers a spiritually uplifting and, to modern tastes like mine, a dull and squirmingly pious poem for every significant festive day of the year. Keble saw poetry as a sort of balm, a miracle cure for humans: the “glorious art of poetry is a kind of ...
Simon Goldhill, 2011
7
Come In and Hear the Truth: Jazz and Race on 52nd Street
Critic Wilder Hobson condescendingly suggested in 1939 that the 52nd Street audience saw jazz as just one of a number of fashionable fads, with young attendees “just so squirmingly eager to hear 'Wingy' Mannone or 'Stuff' Smith or go ...
Patrick Burke, 2008
8
Slap Shot
This was soul-squirmingly embarrassing. He was in front of me now, a mere ten feet away, tugging open the fridge door and clinking bottles of beer together. I tried to force my gaze from the curls of hair at the nape of his neck, away from the  ...
Lily Harlem, 2011
9
Artstarts: Drama, Music, Movement, Puppetry, and ...
We wish to acknowledge the students at the Telluride Schools, Telluride, Colorado, who squirmingly, smilingly, and creatively allowed us to try out these activities on them, and showed us that the human heart has many wonderful disguises.
Martha Brady, Patsy Timmerman Gleason, 1994
10
The Second Western Megapack: 25 Classic Western Stories
“I don't care about goin',” he had protested squirmingly. But on this matter his mother was without compromise. “Don't say that,” she had commanded, her voice shaken and her eyes bright with the intensity of her emotion; “you're goin' to get an ...
Zane Grey, Ed Earl Repp, Max Brand, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUIRMINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term squirmingly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Confusions, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, review: Vintage …
... mother paradoxically infantilised by parenthood in a child-pressed home with an absent husband (a squirmingly embarrassing philandering Richard Stacey). «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Lesbian Dating Deal Breakers
Sitting down over your first glass of Chardonnay and listing your recent partners in the order of how much you care(d) about them is seat-squirmingly awkward, ... «Curve Magazine, May 15»
3
'Virginia Woolf' draws audience into the fray
Screamingly funny one moment, viciously cruel the next, squirmingly revealing a short while after that. Down the psychological rabbit hole called “Who's Afraid of ... «Omaha World-Herald, May 15»
4
Watch a brave mom read her son's Grindr messages
Armed with large glasses of wine, Irish radio DJ Riyadh Khalaf and his intrepid mom got a glimpse into the hilarious, explicit and squirmingly awkward messages ... «Gay Star News, Mar 15»
5
6 of the Worst Movies Ever Written By Hollywood Stars
Some Metacritic reviews gave Murphy the benefit of the doubt, and simply puzzled over “why he would want to make a movie as squirmingly unfunny as Norbit. «The Cheat Sheet, Mar 15»
6
CD: Emily Saunders - Outsiders Insiders
... of dense, highly coloured imagery and intriguing biographical detail, they veer between the gnomically terse and almost squirmingly (psychologically) explicit. «The Arts Desk, Mar 15»
7
“Pericles”: A whole new world
... commanding the stage as Pericles' queen Thaisa; and sophomore Derek Martin, who played all of his ten roles (including the squirmingly creepy Boult) with a ... «The Captain's Log, Nov 14»
8
'You're the Worst' finale: Season 2 may bring Lindsay and Becca's …
As we see, it's not only squirmingly embarrassing, but it's not even what's on the table for her. I think we see in that that she's romantically immature and to me, ... «Zap2it.com, Sep 14»
9
Movie Review: Million Dollar Arm is not too ambitious in its pitch
However, the film doesn't take a squirmingly indulgent view of it, with its Westerners as exasperated about it as any other well-meaning person. The crankiest of ... «Indian Express, May 14»
10
Hawaa Hawaai
Amole Gupte's next after Stanley Ka Dabba (overeaten by frogs in the well type critics and left over by the audience) comes a squirmingly squishy, so predictable ... «IndiaGlitz, May 14»
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