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Definition of Slouchingly
1. Adverb. With a slouching gait or posture. "He stood slouchingly at the garden gate"
Definition of Slouchingly
1. Adverb. With a slouching posture or motion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slouchingly
Literary usage of Slouchingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1916)
"... move clumsily, heavily, totter- ingly and slouchingly; work with effort; ...
walk slowly, hobbling and slouchingly, with more weakness and clumsiness ..."
2. The Semantic Development of Words for "walk, Run" in the Germanic Languges by Roscoe Myrl Ihrig (1916)
"... dumle (om vind), walk or sit slouchingly; go about idly; fall (of the wind),
... walk lazily and slouchingly, dulla pusle; famle paa; gaa langsomt og ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"He appeared to walk slouchingly, as if held up from above by straps under his
shoulders, as much as supported by the plain below. ..."
4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"He appeared to walk slouchingly, as if held up from above by straps under his
shoulders, as much as supported by the plain below. ..."
5. Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau (1896)
"He appeared to walk slouchingly, as if held up from above by straps under his
shoulders, as much as supported by the ..."
6. Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau (1908)
"He appeared to walk slouchingly, as if held up from above by straps under his
shoulders, as much as supported by the plain below. ..."
7. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"Port Royal is an infant town just springing into commercial activity, under the
influence of slowly reviving commerce; and the negro slouchingly tills the ..."
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