What is another word for Pendulously?

Pronunciation: [pˈɛndjʊləsli] (IPA)

Pendulously is an adverb that describes something moving or hanging loosely and with a swinging motion. Some synonyms for this term include swayingly, dangle, swing, tremulously, droopily, floppily, laxly, listlessly, flabbily, and languidly. These terms all evoke a sense of looseness, lack of tension, and a relaxed, almost lazy, motion. Pendulously is often used to describe the movement of objects hanging from a string or branch, such as a piñata or a pendulum. However, it can also be used to describe the way a person moves, particularly if they are fatigued or feeling languid. The various synonyms for pendulously provide writers with a range of options to describe motion or movement in a more colorful and vivid way.

What are the hypernyms for Pendulously?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Pendulously

The great, broad face was sunken and withered, like to leather dried in the sun; the lower lip hung Pendulously upon the prominent and bony jaw.
"Allan and the Holy Flower"
H. Rider Haggard
The scurvy cur is not only totally depraved in his morals, but his hair stands the wrong way, and his tail is of that nameless type intermediate between the Pendulously pitiful and the spirally exasperating-a tail which gives rise to conflicting emotions in the mind of the beholder, and causes the involuntarily uplifted hand to hesitate if it shall knuckle away the springing tear, or fall in thunderous vengeance upon the head of the dog's master.
"The Fiend's Delight"
Dod Grile

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