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Definition of Sublimely
1. Adverb. Completely; in a lofty and exalted manner. "Awaking in me, sublimely unconscious, interest and energy for tackling these tasks"
Definition of Sublimely
1. adv. In a sublime manner.
Definition of Sublimely
1. Adverb. In a sublime manner. ¹
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Definition of Sublimely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sublimely
Literary usage of Sublimely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"In English lays, and all sublimely great, ' Thy Homer charms with all his ancient
heat. ... Fustian % so sublimely bad ; It is not ..."
2. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... activity and earnestness—especially in self- culture,—and in this last quality,
which he sublimely advocates, I find the only comfortable element in his ..."
3. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"speak in the sublimely simple utterance of ruder times. What will Europe think
of this utterance of the rude ruler, of whom they have nourished so lofty a ..."
4. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"happiness, and has such sublimely insane faith in its own power to make happy
and be happy. But of your father ? Who is to cheer his toilsome life, ..."
5. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... high in excellence style or sentiment, lofty, grand— s- the lofty style — va & n.
to raise by a chymical fire, exalt, sublimely ..."
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