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groaningly Definition


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groan
verb groaned, groaning
    intr
    1. To make a long deep sound in the back of the throat, expressing pain, distress, disapproval, etc.
      Thesaurus: cry, moan, murmur, lament, wail, sigh, keen.
    2. To utter or express something with or by means of a groan.
      Thesaurus: moan, complain, object, protest.
    intr
    3. To creak loudly.
    intr
    4. To be weighed down or almost breaking.
      Example: tables groaning with masses of food
      Example: a system groaning under inefficiency
noun
    1. An act, or the sound, of groaning.
      Thesaurus: moan, cry, wail, sigh, lament, sob, whimper, bleat.
Derivative: groaner
noun
    Derivative: groaning
    noun, adj
      Derivative: groaningly
      adverb
        Etymology: Anglo-Saxon granian.



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