Meaning of writhy | Babel Free

Definitions

Characterized by or prone to writhing.

Examples

“Nor fly, nor insect, nor writhy snake, escape their deep research.”

“When we caught a writhy, stunted fish, wide-eyed, mouthing silence, which slipped out of our hands, we picked it up, threw it back to its mud-blind home.”

“Maud's dances were termed “wiggly, writhy, squirmy”—rendering them more reptilian than artistic in tone.”

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