— purringly , adv.
/perr/ , v.i.
1. to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
2. (of things) to make a sound suggestive of the purring of a cat: The new motor of the car purred.
v.t.
3. to express by or as if by purring.
n.
4. the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
5. a sound resembling this.
6. the act of purring.
Also, pur .
[ 1595-1605; imit. ]