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Definition of Hectoringly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hectoringly
Literary usage of Hectoringly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fine Art, Chiefly Contemporary: Notices Re-printed, with Revisions by William Michael Rossetti (1867)
"There is not among any of us any aim, for instance, so ideal as that of Fra
Angelico, so hectoringly classical as David's, so vaguely fantastic and ..."
2. The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons Preached and Revised by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1873)
"There is some reason why God should bless us," and should begin. to speak
hectoringly towards weaker brethren, the Lord will let us know that " not unto us, ..."
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