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Definition of Splenetically
1. adv. In a splenetical manner.
Definition of Splenetically
1. Adverb. In a splenetic manner ¹
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Definition of Splenetically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splenetically
Literary usage of Splenetically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1868)
"On the same authority it appears that he then quarrelled with his patron, and in
this quarrel, Francis splenetically say>;f he had as much reason of ' his ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"I knew an honest gardener, the overseer of some extensive pleasure- grounds, who
once splenetically exclaimed: shall I see these clouds forever passing, ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1895)
"So wrote somewhat splenetically one famous Oxford scholar of the last generation
about another. ' Never translate ! Translation is the death of ..."
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