pendulously

English

Etymology

pendulous +‎ -ly

Adverb

pendulously (comparative more pendulously, superlative most pendulously)

  1. In a pendulous manner.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 291:
      Noiselessly it raised its head, and steadily its green eyes watched this invader, and when convinced that she was a menace, a forked tongue protruded from its head, swinging to and fro pendulously.
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