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- Dictionaryswaying/ˈsweɪɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. moving slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side: "swaying palm trees"
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SWAYING definition: 1. present participle of sway 2. to move slowly from side to side: 3. to cause something to move…. Learn more.
SWAY definition: 1. to move slowly from side to side: 2. to cause something to move or change: 3. to persuade…. Learn more.
The meaning of SWAY is the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion. How to use sway in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sway.
SWAYING meaning: 1. present participle of sway 2. to move slowly from side to side: 3. to cause something to move…. Learn more.
n. 1. The act of moving from side to side with a swinging motion. 2. Influence or control: The mayor has a lot of sway in our town. [Middle English sweien, probably of Scandinavian origin .] sway′er n. sway′ing·ly adv.
sway in British English. (sweɪ ) verb. 1. (usually intr) to swing or cause to swing to and fro. 2. (usually intr) to lean or incline or cause to lean or incline to one side or in different directions in turn. 3. (usually intr) to vacillate or cause to vacillate between two or more opinions.
verb (used without object) to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support. Synonyms: wave. to move or incline to one side or in a particular direction. to incline in opinion, sympathy, tendency, etc.: She swayed toward conservatism. Synonyms: tend, bend, lean.
