Definition of Thornily

1. thorny [adv] - See also: thorny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thornily

thornbacks
thornbill
thornbills
thornbird
thornbirds
thornbushes
thornbut
thorned
thornen
thornfish
thornfishes
thornhog
thorninesses
thorning
thornless
thornlike
thornproof
thornproofs
thorns
thorns in someone's side
thornset
thorntail
thorntails

Literary usage of Thornily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1909)
"215; thornily v. Prentice, 121 Iowa, 89, 100 Am. St. Eep. 317; Thompson v. ... The Doctrine of Idem Sonans is the subject of a note to thornily v. ..."

2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"thornily, 88 Mass. (6 Allen) 445; Com. v. O'Donnell, 90 Mass. (8 Allen) 548. It is said by the supreme court of Tennessee, in the case of Boyd v. ..."

3. Archer's Law and Practice in Oil and Gas Cases: Embracing an Analysis of All by V. B. Archer (1911)
"On June 27, 1905, the Halls made a second lease to SL thornily. ... The Goff and Heck lease was assigned to HL Smith, and the thornily lease to CM Root and ..."

4. A Calendar of Lancashire and Cheshire Exchequer Depositions by Commission by Great Britain Exchequer, Caroline Fishwick, Great Britain Record Commission (1885)
"Last wills and testaments, &c., of Thomas thornily and Ellen thornily, and their estates. Touching the payment of legacies under said wills, &c., &c. ..."

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