sway
sway/swā/
verb
move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backward and forward or from side to side.
"he swayed slightly on his feet"
synonyms: swing, shake, oscillate, rock, undulate, move from side to side, move to and fro, move back and forth, stagger, wobble, lurch, reel, roll, list, stumble, pitch, keel, veer, swerve, waver, fluctuate, vacillate, alternate, vary, see-saw, yo-yo, equivocate, hesitate, shilly-shally, hum and haw, blow hot and cold
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sway implies the acting of influences that are not resisted or are irresistible, with resulting change in character or course of action.
SWAY meaning: 1. to move slowly from side to side: 2. to cause something to move or change: 3. to persuade…. Learn more.
verb (used without object) to fluctuate or vacillate, as in opinion: His ideas swayed this way and that. to wield power; exercise rule.
SWAYING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
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to cause something to move or change: Recent developments have swayed the balance of power in the region.
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/sweɪ/ · verb. move back and forth or sideways. “the tall building swayed” · verb. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. synonyms: swing · verb. win ...
sway in American English · 1. a. to swing or move from side to side or to and fro · 2. a. to lean or incline to one side; veer · 3. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic. to ...
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as in lurching. to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous. lurching. rocking.
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SWAY meaning: 1 : to move slowly back and forth; 2 : to cause (someone) to agree with you or to share your opinion often used as (be) swayed.
1[intransitive, transitive] to move slowly from side to side; to move something in this way (+ adv./prep.) The branches were swaying in the wind.
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definition 1: to swing back and forth or from side to side; rock. She swayed in time to the music. synonyms: rock similar words: reel, roll, swing, totter, ...
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