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Antonyms for swaying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : swey |
| Phonetic Transcription : sweɪ |
Definition of swaying
Origin :- c.1300, "to go, glide, move," probably from Old Norse sveigja "to bend, swing, give way," from Proto-Germanic *swaigijanan and related to swag (v.) and swing. The sense of "swing, wave, waver" is first recorded c.1500. Related: Swayed; swaying. The noun meaning "controlling influence" (to be under the sway of) is 1510s, from a transitive sense of the verb in Dutch and other languages. The verb in this sense is recorded in English from 1590s.
- verb move back and forth
- verb influence, affect
- The women are keening softly and swaying themselves with a slow movement.
- Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
- He swung his hands back and forth, swaying his graceful body with them.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- Now the metal eye was directly under their swaying starboard.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- The falling leaves are whispering in the grove to the swaying boughs.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Amidst all this void came a low tic-tac from the swaying pendulum.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- She was swaying; her companion steadied her, but he was swaying himself.
- Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
- They gripped each other now, swaying, locked together, staggering.
- Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
- It rose straight up, tilting and swaying in the light breeze.
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- The monument was swaying, was swinging from side to side, but it did not quite fall—not then.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Caroline, swaying, put a hand on the table to steady herself.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for swaying
- bend
- bias
- blow hot and cold
- brainwash
- careen
- carry
- conduct
- control
- crack
- direct
- dispose
- dominate
- fluctuate
- get
- govern
- guide
- hem and haw
- hold sway over
- hook
- impact on
- impress
- incline
- induce
- inspire
- lead by the nose
- lean
- lurch
- manage
- move
- oscillate
- overrule
- pendulate
- persuade
- predispose
- prevail on
- pulsate
- put across
- reign
- rock
- roll
- rule
- rule over
- sell
- soften up
- stagger
- strike
- suck in
- swagger
- swing
- touch
- turn one's head
- twist one's arm
- undulate
- vibrate
- wave
- waver
- weave
- whitewash
- win over
- wobble
- work on
- yo-yo
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