resinously

• a word derived from resin.
  resin

  noun

  any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
• a word derived from resinous.
  resinous

  adjective

  full of or containing resin.

Example Sentences

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resinously

The sealing-wax so treated is electrified negatively or resinously, and the glass with positive or vitreous electricity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

A homely chime of bells was repeated from the town; a ship's fast strained resinously with the changing tide.

From Java Head by Joseph Hergesheimer

As the four newcomers smilingly looked at the comfortable building the foot-compelling strains of a cheap violin squeaked and rasped resinously from the living quarters and a French-Canadian, far from home, burst ecstatically into song.

From Bring Me His Ears by Clarence E. Mulford

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