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Definition of Cacophonously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacophonously
Literary usage of Cacophonously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"Hundreds of lines in Paradise Lost were there to sound cacophonously if you cut
them down, musically if you left them alone. ..."
2. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
""Out of the Uttermost East" would sound cacophonously, — besides suggesting a
straining for effect. I thought of Tennyson's "most eastern east," but the ..."
3. Miscellaneous Essays by George E. Saintsbury (1892)
"... which ;eems as if it might have some meaning, and at my rate sounds well as
sound, to a platitude which s nakedly and cacophonously platitudinous or ..."
4. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
""Out of the Uttermost East" would sound cacophonously — besides suggesting a
straining for effect. I thought of Tennyson's "most eastern east," but the ..."
5. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
""Out of the Uttermost East " would sound cacophonously — besides suggesting a
straining for effect. I thought of Tennyson's "most eastern east," but the ..."
6. Some Reminiscences of William Michael Rossetti by William Michael Rossetti (1906)
"afterwards, I went with some frequency to the theatre ; have not at any time been
what is cacophonously termed a " first-nighter. ..."
7. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1867)
"Those who compare the Breton orthography of Le Gonidec, with the attempts of Dr.
William Owen Pughe to alter the Welsh alphabet, and cacophonously to change ..."
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