Lexicographical Neighbors of Puffily
Literary usage of Puffily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1905)
"Under them the flesh rose puffily ; his fingers worked ; he advanced his chin
toward the speaker. "What a damned scoundrel you are !" he said very low. ..."
2. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1908)
"... answered puffily, ' She is here, your honour,' and he pointed to her in the
arms of an important looking man. ' We are going to England, your honour,' ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"He runs puffily, without giving orders, anywhere, everywhere. Finally he runs to
the Sahib's house. The Sahib is at the other end of the collieries. ..."
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