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Definition of Jarringly
1. Adverb. In a manner that jars and irritates. "The piano was jarringly out of tune"
Definition of Jarringly
1. adv. In a jarring or discordant manner.
Definition of Jarringly
1. Adverb. In a jarring manner. ¹
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Definition of Jarringly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jarringly
Literary usage of Jarringly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... in a final fit of exasperation at its shrill singing whieh had again and again
jarringly interrupted her own. ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1893)
"... and must needs ring false and jarringly to the end of my days, when once I am
cracked; but rather one of the old-fashioned wooden trenchers, ..."
3. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"... at its shrill singing which had again and again jarringly interrupted her own.
She had taken pains to buy a white mouse for her sister in retribution, ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"... but Fitzgerald's heavy hand interrupted the devoir and straightened him up,
rather jarringly. The two detectives went to the inside room with the ..."
5. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1911)
"... that cannot be jostled against my neighbor without danger of being broken by
the collision, and must needs ring false and jarringly to the end of ..."
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