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Definition of Diaphanously
1. adv. Translucently.
Definition of Diaphanously
1. Adverb. In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent ¹
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Definition of Diaphanously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaphanously
Literary usage of Diaphanously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan by Lafcadio Hearn (1894)
"Its base is effaced by far mists : out of the air the thing would seem to have
shaped itself, — a phantom cone, diaphanously gray below, ..."
2. The Magnetic Lady: Or, Humors Reconciled by Ben Jonson (1914)
"... this was worn a diaphanous white picture hat caught up with . . . white ribbons.'
E. Hooker, Pref. Epist. Portage's Mystic Div. : ' Most diaphanously ..."
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