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Definition of Manically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manically
Literary usage of Manically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land of Veiled Women: Some Wanderings in Algeria, Tunisia & Morocco by John Foster Fraser (1911)
"The pillars were neither marble nor alabaster ; they were stucco, and they bulged
alder- manically in the middle. The bath was—well, it was a cemented ..."
2. One Hundred Per Cent American: Addresses Delivered by Famous Patriots of All by National Republican Club (1918)
"How can we hope to make anything Ger- manically intelligible unless we first
administer a crushing blow to German military pride?" The men who plead for the ..."
3. Illinois Teacher: Devoted to Education, Science and Free Schools by Illinois Education Association (1859)
"But such a millennium is not likely to occur in our day, and we recommend that
all children, for the present, be taught to spoil fío- manically. ..."
4. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
"I replaced the sugar canister in the rack and stirred my coffee manically.
"I really thought I could help her out, you know? She was so..." "So what? Hot? ..."
5. An Actor Abroad: Or, Gossip Dramatic, Narrative and Descriptive, from the by Edmund John Leathes (1880)
"On returning to the steamer we captured and hauled into the boat two fine turtles,
and we alder- manically feasted till we reached Panama. ..."
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