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Entangle vs Tanglingly - What's the difference?

entangle | tanglingly |

As a verb entangle

is to tangle; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make confused and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

As an adverb tanglingly is

so as to entangle.

entangle

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Alternative forms

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Verb

(en-verb)
  • To tangle; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make confused and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
  • To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult; hence, metaphorically, to ensnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
  • To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

    • Antonyms

    * disentangle

    Related terms

    * entanglement * entangler * entangling

    References

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    tanglingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • So as to entangle.
    • The flowers do not lie so tanglingly thick there; the pathway is not encumbered with them — (John Wesley Hales).