† ˈwrinklingly, adv. Obs. rare.
[f. as wrinkling vbl. n. + -ing2 + -ly2.]
In a tortuous or curving manner; sinuously.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden i. xxx. (MS. Tiberius D. vii) fol. 29 Laborintus ys an hous..wiþ turnynges & wyndynges so dyuerslych & so wrynklynglych [Rolls ed. I. 313: wrynkyngliche] ywroȝt [etc.]. 1615 Crooke Body of Man iii. 157 In olde women..sometimes,..they [sc.breasts] are knit wrink[l]ingly vpward. |