A branch hung low, droopingly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : an eagle drooping its wings. From Dictionary.com.
As I did so, I looked up to see Mrs. Stuart moving droopingly and lamely back into her own room. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of the Comet] Reference
The words were but breathed so as to reach the ear, and she turned and walked droopingly from the room. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Then there was the jaw-droopingly beautiful Tia Carrere, who positively floated into the lobby to work on Lilo and Stitch. From Wordnik.com. [WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: March 2004 Archives] Reference
For about three-quarters of the way up, the 'plume' of which Clara speaks has one straight trunk, which then bends over droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference
I made no reply, but leaned my head droopingly upon the pillow; and Dr. Irwin, taking my hand, observed: "She is very weak, and we may expect delirium before morning.". From Wordnik.com. [A Grandmother's Recollections] Reference
Before they entered the gate Yves had the wit to draw back the length of his leash, well away from the punctured wine-skin, and blunder in droopingly, like one exhausted and cowed. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin In The Ice]
Here, conveniently and heathfully elevated above the level of the living, were the dead, and the tombstones; some of the latter droopingly inclined from the perpendicular, as if they were ashamed of the lies they told. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
He rained kisses on her head resting droopingly against him. From Wordnik.com. [Snow-Blind] Reference
He had entered droopingly with bent shoulders and hopeless hang of head. From Wordnik.com. [The Dawn of a To-morrow] Reference
Slowly he lifts his prayer-book from the prie-dieu and holds it droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Burlesques] Reference
When she came droopingly back with the tools, Elihu was explicitly cheerful. From Wordnik.com. [Country Neighbors] Reference
"I thought I saw the Curtises also," suggested the bereaved woman droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.)] Reference
She sat droopingly on the rock, gazing from her foot to the far lavender line of the mesas. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert] Reference
As for Priscilla, she stood droopingly in the midst of us, making no attempt to remove the veil. From Wordnik.com. [The Blithedale Romance] Reference
She closed her burning eyes, and sat down droopingly, rocking herself to and fro like one in pain. From Wordnik.com. [What Will He Do with It? — Complete] Reference
J.M. gazed after them, shaking his head droopingly, until a second eruption from the house made him look back. From Wordnik.com. [Hillsboro People] Reference
"Macintosh," she said droopingly, "it was entirely about religious matters -- that you would laugh at, but would not understand.". From Wordnik.com. [The Old Helmet, Volume I] Reference
"Macintosh," she said droopingly, "it was entirely about religious matters – that you would laugh at, but would not understand.". From Wordnik.com. [The Old Helmet] Reference
She leaned a little toward him, droopingly, a poor, feeble, timid child in need of some strong man to shield her from the rough world. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Skylights] Reference
In a jaw-droopingly cool addition, as Snake hits Liquid and he falls to the ground, quick images of Ocelot and Liquid from the original. From Wordnik.com. [Destructoid] Reference
A slow and tired footstep was heard upon the stairs, and Joe's dog ran into the room droopingly, wagged his tail with no energy, and crept under the desk. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Canaan] Reference
Chris Leonard has some interesting threads about how it all began, but I'm still jaw-droopingly stupefied as to how I can access all this great stuff for free. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Dressed in blue, wash-worn denim, the inmates appeared in the yard with unhappy faces, wandering dejectedly in their corner and droopingly climbing the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [My Life]
But when she came to the place where she always crossed the street she only stood there an instant and then, a little more slowly, a little more droopingly, walked on. From Wordnik.com. [Lifted Masks; stories] Reference
"We-uns 'ain't got none at our house," whined the sun-bonnet, droopingly, moving off slowly on its legs, which, indeed, seemed borrowed, so unsteady, and loath to go they were. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895] Reference
A dark place and walk and walk and walk; sometimes droopingly, sometimes with martial tread. From Wordnik.com. [Stage Confidences] Reference
I know not, Monsieur De Vlierbeck, "said Gustave, droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Poor Gentleman] Reference
I shook my head droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Opinions of a Philosopher] Reference
His pinions were bent droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5] Reference
Pull droopingly, in slanting curve aside. From Wordnik.com. [Poems 1817] Reference
And one small tree embowers droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetry Of Robert Browning] Reference
That hand, so raised, how droopingly it hung!. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3] Reference
And our heads on our bosoms all droopingly lay. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3] Reference
"Did it have a steeple?" asked Dill droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Skylights] Reference
In sweetness droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [My Beautiful Lady] Reference
& #160 His pinions were bent droopingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven And Other Poems.] Reference
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