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(sway-ing) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. moving back and forth or side to side.

Example Sentence

The trees were swaying in the wind.

More Example Sentences

She was swaying to the music gently.

Synonyms

rocking; swinging; oscillating

Antonyms

still

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

swaying
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • baying
  • fraying
  • graying
  • haying
  • heying
  • laying
  • paying
  • playing
  • praying
  • preying
  • saying
  • slaying
  • spraying
  • staying
  • straying
  • swaying
  • weighing

  • allaying
  • betraying
  • buffeting
  • conveying
  • crocheting
  • decaying
  • delaying
  • dismaying
  • displaying
  • doomsaying
  • nonpaying
  • obeying
  • portraying
  • prepaying
  • repaying
  • replaying
  • surveying

  • disobeying
  • overplaying
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