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Definition of Floridly
1. Adverb. In a florid manner. "Floridly figurative prose"
Definition of Floridly
1. adv. In a florid manner.
Definition of Floridly
1. Adverb. In a florid manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Floridly
1. florid [adv] - See also: florid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floridly
Literary usage of Floridly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paterfamilias's Diary of Everybody's Tour: Belgium and the Rhine, Munich by Martin Farquhar Tupper (1856)
"... the bronze baptistery, the floridly carved apse, St. Martin on the roof, the
clock, and more beside : Gut- ..."
2. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"Meantime Merlin, who is of devil parentage, mature at birth, plays various tricks
by his art, confutes false magicians, and in floridly oracular style ..."
3. Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East by Charles Greenstreet Addison (1838)
"... supporting an entablature and portions of the roof, so richly and floridly
sculptured as to lead us greatly to regret the destruction of the rest. ..."
4. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"... of the operative« in a spinning factory (and Capital, in its memorials to
Parliament, had painted them as floridly healthy, after the manner of Rubens). ..."
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