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Meaning of "waxily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WAXILY

waxily  [ˈwæksɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAXILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Waxily 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 WAXILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of waxily in the English dictionary

The definition of waxily in the dictionary is in a way that resembles wax; smoothly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WAXILY


boxily
ˈbɒksɪlɪ
classily
ˈklɑːsɪlɪ
fancily
ˈfænsɪlɪ
folksily
ˈfəʊksɪlɪ
foxily
ˈfɒksɪlɪ
fussily
ˈfʌsɪlɪ
glassily
ˈɡlɑːsɪlɪ
glossily
ˈɡlɒsɪlɪ
horsily
ˈhɔːsɪlɪ
icily
ˈaɪsɪlɪ
juicily
ˈdʒuːsɪlɪ
lacily
ˈlaɪsɪlɪ
messily
ˈmesɪlɪ
mussily
ˈmʌsɪlɪ
sassily
ˈsæsɪlɪ
saucily
ˈsɔːsɪlɪ
sexily
ˈsɛksɪlɪ
Sicily
ˈsɪsɪlɪ
silly
ˈsɪlɪ
tossily
ˈtɒsɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAXILY

waxbill
waxcloth
waxed cotton
waxed jacket
waxed paper
waxen
waxer
waxeye
waxier
waxiest
waxiness
waxing
waxlike
waxplant
waxweed
waxwing
waxwork
waxworker
waxworks
waxworm

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAXILY

arbitrarily
bodily
daily
easily
extraordinarily
family
happily
heavily
Holy Family
lily
luckily
momentarily
necessarily
oily
primarily
readily
steadily
temporarily
unnecessarily
voluntarily

Synonyms and antonyms of waxily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «waxily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAXILY

Find out the translation of waxily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of waxily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «waxily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

waxily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

waxily
570 millions of speakers

English

waxily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

waxily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

waxily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

waxily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

waxily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

waxily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

waxily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lilin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

waxily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

waxily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

waxily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lirih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

waxily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

waxily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सौम्यपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

waxily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

waxily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

waxily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

waxily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

waxily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

waxily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waxily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

waxily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

waxily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of waxily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAXILY»

The term «waxily» is used very little and occupies the 182.766 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of waxily
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «waxily».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAXILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «waxily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «waxily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAXILY»

Discover the use of waxily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to waxily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fasting, Feasting
And if she wound up by giving Uma a holy picture out of the drawer in her desk — a small, giltedged card with a waxily pink Jesus on a waxily white Virgin Mary's blue lap, and advising her to pray for strength, pray to the Virgin Mary for strength  ...
Anita Desai, 2000
2
Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia: The Treatment of Choice
They are immobile, unresponsive, and either rigid or waxily flexible. They sometimes come out of the stupor unpredictably and go into a frenzy of violent activity. Strangely enough, while in the catatonic stupor, these patients are also ...
Bertram P. Karon, Gary R. VandenBos, 1981
3
Psychosocial Approaches to Deeply Disturbed Persons
absolutely rigid or they may be waxily flexible. They may stay in one position for hours or for days. Fromm-Reichmann (1950) reported a long time ago that catatonic patients see and hear everything that is going on around them even though ...
E Mark Stern, Peter R Breggin, 2013
4
Perfect Marriage Material
Her complexion looked waxily pale, her top lip ominously beaded with sweat, and he had noticed earlier the way she had reacted to the brightening of the plane cabin's lights, almost wincing as she closed her eyes against them. By the time ...
Penny Jordan, 2011
5
Couch
His upper lip glowed waxily with newly shaven nakedness. “Erik!” Thom yelled. He got up and wrapped him up in a hug without thinking, and Erik cringed. “Good to see you too, big guy.” “Mi perro no tiene dientes!” Thom hollered proudly.
Benjamin Parzybok, 2013
6
Shoe Exotica & Poems
... a good roads wrath of the subconscious port-rayed waxily on a boomeranged summer afternoon, salegirl protestations of previous publicity swathed in archness dreamy vodka sodden withdrawn umbrage d'afrissons into suffocations and ...
Patrick Sart, 2005
7
When Graveyards Yawn - The Apocalypse Trilogy - Book 1
The speaker entered the half-light given off by the single dim ceiling bulb. His hat threw dark shadow over his face so what I saw was mainly in diffuse, reflected light. A skull grinned out from under the hat. I could see the bone gleam waxily.
G. Wells Taylor
8
Eighteen Days Till Home
Her bangs glistened waxily in the light falling directly on them from a skylight. At this point, the waiter brought their food and after much discussion and rearranging of plates, they each had their own orders sitting in front of them. It was Winifred ...
Shirley Latessa
9
Leonardo da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man
... other known pupil. Moreover, the Angel's head and, to a lesser degree, that of the Virgin reveal the handprint technique of blending paint which was Leonardo's personal signature. Against this must be set the waxily mechanical handling ...
Martin Kemp, 2006
10
Growing Community: Helping Each Other Flourish Even Through ...
Pull the waxily aromatic needles off two of the sprigs of rosemary and drop them on top. Cut a lemon in half and squeeze juice into the bag, chucking the rinds in the bag afterwards, too. Pour in olive oil and then tie bag. (Or vacuum seal, if ...
Collette Campbell, 2013

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAXILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term waxily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Ant-Man' Review: Paul Rudd's Charisma Gets Stepped On in …
... rejuvenated far more effectively than Jeff Bridges in “Tron: Legacy” and less waxily than Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Terminator Genisys”) leaves SHIELD and ... «TheWrap, Jul 15»
2
Beyond Clueless review – hypnotic, narcotic teen movie collage
One of the extraordinary things about Beyond Clueless is the reminder of all today's A-list actors who started out as eerily, almost waxily young stars in teen films. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
3
Behind the Scenes of Joe Biden's Bizarre Visit to 'The View'
And then the commercial break was over and a sliding door on stage left opened and there, looking waxily genial with his immobile hair and sharp blue suit, was ... «The New Republic, Feb 14»
4
Add variety of love to your life
That vision had its brief and waxily shining moment, for a small portion of the population, for a very little while (by 1980, more women worked outside the home ... «CNN, Jun 11»
5
Burlesque, review
It's a fair question, since it's hard to decide if Aguilera's waxily rigid performance is an accidental boon to the movie – she looks newly graduated from the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 10»
6
(Photo: Todd Williamson/WireImage)
It's about Katherine Kenton, a fading, waxily preserved film goddess, who becomes locked in a rather literal death match with an opportunistic suitor who plans to ... «New York Magazine, May 10»
7
Christmas: time to reflect, renew and raise your glass
She kept a revolver in the duster drawer – the bullets waxily embedded in a tin of Pledge. When things were bad, she got out the service revolver, never returned ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 09»

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