Twistingly: meaning, definitions and examples

Use this word when describing something that moves in a twisting manner, such as a path or a piece of wire.

• The road climbed twistingly up the mountain
• The river flowed twistingly through the valley

It is appropriate to describe something that turns around a central point, like a wheel or a turbine.

• The fan blades spun rotatingly
• The earth moves rotatingly around its axis

Use this for describing something with many turns or bends, like a narrow street or a trail.

• The narrow path wound windingly through the forest
• She described the story windingly, with many tangents

Best used when something takes a smooth, gradual curve, like a road or a branch.

• The highway ran curvingly along the coastline
• The artist drew the flower's petals curvingly