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Definition of Dingily
1. Adverb. In a dingy manner.
Definition of Dingily
1. adv. In a dingy manner.
Definition of Dingily
1. Adverb. In a dingy manner. ¹
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Definition of Dingily
1. in a dingy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dingily
Literary usage of Dingily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"It is no additional recommendation of the work to say, that it is miserably print«!
with worn-out types, and upon paper dingily-white, and unequivocally ..."
2. The Examinations and Writings of John Philpot by John Philpot, Celio Secondo Curione (1842)
"Certes, these be so manifest, so plain, and do confute so dingily* the sentence
... P dingily: forcibly; from the old verb ding, to dash against "Tam- que ..."
3. A Diary from Dixie by Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1905)
"I am bodily comfortable, if somewhat dingily lodged, and I daily part with my
raiment for food. We find no one who will exchange eatables for Confederate ..."
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