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mesmerically

mesmerically

English

Adverb

mesmerically (comparative more mesmerically, superlative most mesmerically)

  1. In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
    • 1925, D.H. Lawrence, Quetzalcoatl, Louis L. Martz (ed.), New York: New Directions, 1998, Chapter XVIII, p. 307,
      "What do you want me to do?" she asked, in her nervousness holding the bowl of her glass — it was a large glass on a stem, that the Mexicans call a Copa, a Cup — and swaying the wine mesmerically.