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Definition of Drawlingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawlingly
Literary usage of Drawlingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contemporaries by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1900)
"The second more drawlingly, on beginning to see the importance of the matter, "
We-ell!" The third more drawlingly still, but solemnly, as if grappling ..."
2. The Bookman (1905)
"on the edge of the bed yawned aloud, and said drawlingly: "Well, Ih'm up, ain't Ih ? ..."
3. Indiana Magazine of History by Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Library (1905)
"... with hickory withes, they were from North Carolina, he would begin
drawlingly: "Carliner?" "Ya-as," the person questioned would reply, astonished that ..."
4. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"The COMMISSIONER during the conversation takes center of stage and speaks
nonchalantly and tomt- what drawlingly.] I read your report. ..."
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