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Definition of Deadeningly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadeningly
Literary usage of Deadeningly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by G. W. Hastings, Andr. Edgar, Edw. Pears, Ch. W. Ryalls (1868)
"The system acts as deadeningly on the pupil as on the teacher. The latter may
begin his work in early manhood, and for a while health and strength and ..."
2. Short Stories from Life: The 81 Prize Stories in "Life's" Shortest Story Contest by Thomas L. Masson, John Kendrick Bangs, Ralph Henry Barbour, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Lincoln Steffens, Doubleday, Page & Company, Country Life Press (1916)
"... Suddenly a vision of what that life would mean to her passed deadeningly before
her. She remembered the thin, tall woman who had fainted behind the ..."
3. Report on Condition of Woman and Child Wage-earners in the United States: In by United States Bureau of Labor, Charles Patrick Neill (1910)
"... are not comparable to the present-day factory system, with its minute division
of labor and the steady tension of deadeningly monotonous toil, ..."
4. Blacks in the Army Air Forces During World War II: The Problems of Race by Alan M. Osur (1986)
"Second, the training was inefficiently scheduled, deadeningly repetitious, and
frequently postponed. Third, because blacks were relatively new to flying, ..."
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