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Definition of Inapplicably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inapplicably
Literary usage of Inapplicably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life, Times, and Correspondence of the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle, Bishop of by William John Fitzpatrick (1861)
"vocation, some of Griffin's beautiful lines might, not inapplicably, be quoted: "
She once was a lady of honor and wealth— Bright glowed in her features the ..."
2. The Popular History of England by Charles Knight (1880)
"... great statesman of former times (the earl of Strafford) to whom the noble lord
might, 1 think, be not inapplicably compared : and of whom it was said, ..."
3. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1841)
"... may not be inapplicably cited. " The triads may be considered amongst the most
valuable and curious productions preserved in the Welsh language; ..."
4. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1878)
"... a constitution of no common vigour (we wish he had not given us that pet phrase
of his, "vigour and rigour," which most inapplicably haunts the mind), ..."
5. The Life of Charles Lever by William John Fitzpatrick (1879)
"The above was meant to grace—and not inapplicably— that memorable first chapter
where Alderman Beamish, under alcoholic influence, is found recumbent in his ..."
6. Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham: Lord Chancellors and Keepers of by John Campbell Campbell (1869)
"... to whom, I think, the noble and learned Lord might not inapplicably be compared.
' The malignity of his practices was hugely aggravated by his vast ..."
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