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Showing words for SHRINKINGLY using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Shrinkingly

shrinkingly

9 Letter Words for Shrinkingly

shiningly, shrinking, sinkingly, skylining

8 Letter Words for Shrinkingly

hirlings, hirsling, inklings, shirking, shriking, shrining, skirling, slinking

7 Letter Words for Shrinkingly

girkins, girlish, griskin, hirings, hirling, inkings, inkling, inlying, kilning, kirning, krising, lignins, likings, linings, linking, lirking, nirling, riglins, rinking, rinsing, riskily, risking, shingly, shinily, shining, shinkin, shrinky, silking, sinking, skrying, skyring, yirking

6 Letter Words for Shrinkingly

girkin, glisky, grinny, grisly, hiking, hiring, hygrin, inking, inkish, inring, irking, isling, kilhig, kingly, kinhin, kinins, kylins, lignin, liking, likins, lining, linins, linish, lyings, lysing, nighly, nihils, riglin, riling, rising, ryking, shinny, shirky, shrink, shying, siling, singly, sining, siring, skiing, skinny, skying, skyrin, slinky, snying, syling, syning

5 Letter Words for Shrinkingly

ginks, ginny, giris, girls, girly, girns, girny, girsh, glink, glisk, grins, grisy, hings, hinny, hying, ighly, ignis, iring, irish, kilns, kings, kinin, kirns, kishy, knish, kylin, likin, lings, lingy, linin, links, linky, linns, linny, lirks, lying, lysin, nighs, nihil, niris, nirls, nirly, nying, rigil, rings, ringy, rinks, rishi, risky, shily, shiny, shirk, shirl, sigil, sigyn, silky, singh, sinky, sirih, sirki, sirky, skirl, sling, slink, snirl, yirks

4 Letter Words for Shrinkingly

gils, gink, ginn, gins, giri, girl, girn, gish, glis, glyn, grin, gris, gyri, higi, hili, hing, hins, hisn, hyli, ilks, inks, inky, inly, inns, iris, irks, khir, khis, kiln, king, kins, kiri, kirn, kirs, kish, kiyi, kris, ligs, liin, ling, link, linn, lins, liny, liri, lirk, lish, lisk, lynn, nigh, nils, nirl, nisi, rigs, ring, rink, rins, risk, shin, shir, shri, sigh, sign, sikh, silk, sing, sinh, sink, siri, skil, skin, skry, skyr, slik, snig, syli, yigh, yins, yirk, yirn

3 Letter Words for Shrinkingly

gin, gis, gns, grs, gry, gyn, hin, hir, his, hny, hrs, ign, ihi, ihs, ilk, ing, ink, inn, ins, irk, irs, ish, isl, isn, kgr, khi, kil, kin, kir, kln, krs, ksi, kyl, lig, lin, lir, lis, lnr, lyn, lys, nig, nil, nis, nys, rhy, rig, rin, rly, shi, shr, shy, sig, sil, sin, sir, ski, sky, sly, sny, sri, syl, syn, syr, yin, yis, yrs

Definitions for Shrinkingly

[1] to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
[2] to contract or lessen in size, as from exposure to conditions of temperature or moisture: This cloth will not shrink if washed in lukewarm water.
[3] to become reduced in extent or compass.
[4] to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.
[5] Textiles . to cause (a fabric) to contract during finishing, thus preventing shrinkage, during laundering, of the garments made from it.
[6] an act or instance of shrinking.
[7] a shrinking movement.
[8] shrinkage.
[9] Also shrinker. Also called head shrinker. Slang . a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.
[10] to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc
[11] to become or cause to become smaller in size
[12] (intr often foll by from ) to recoil or withdraw to shrink from the sight of blood to feel great reluctance (at) to shrink from killing an animal
[13] the act or an instance of shrinking
[14] slang a psychiatrist

Words related to Shrinkingly

shrinkwane, dwindle, shorten, reduce, wither, decrease, lessen, diminish, narrow, shrivel, weaken, recede, retreat, wrinkle, compress, condense, deflate, concentrate, contract, fail

Words nearby Shrinkingly

shrinkshrimp plant, shrimper, shrimpfish, shrine, shriner, shrink, shrink fit, shrink-wrap, shrinkage, shrinker, shrinking violet

Origin of Shrinkingly

before 900; 1955–60 for def 9 ; Middle English schrinken, Old English scrincan; cognate with Middle Dutch schrinken, Swedish skrynka to shrink, Norwegian skrukka old shrunken woman

Other words from Shrinkingly

shrink·a·ble , adjective
shrink·ing·ly , adverb
non·shrink·a·ble , adjective
non·shrink·ing , adjective
non·shrink·ing·ly , adverb
o·ver·shrink , verb, o·ver·shrank or, often, o·ver·shrunk; o·ver·shrunk or o·ver·shrunk·en; o·ver·shrink·ing.
un·shrink·a·ble , adjective
un·shrink·ing , adjective
un·shrink·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Shrinkingly

Old English scrincan; related to Old Norse skrokkr torso, Old Swedish skrunkin wrinkled, Old Norse hrukka a crease, Icelandic skrukka wrinkled woman

Synonyms for Shrinkingly

nervously, timidly, apprehensively, diffidently, in alarm, in fright, in terror, shyly, timorously