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Definition of Excursively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excursively
Literary usage of Excursively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1885)
"otherwise than excursively, except by taking up its various suggestions in detail.
DR. JOHN B. EGBERTS : Mr. President, You have requested me to make some ..."
2. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1897)
"... backwards and forwards from France to Ireland, then range excursively to Poland
or Piedmont, and fix again on the burnings, riots, and executions here. ..."
3. The Traditions of European Literature: From Homer to Dante by Barrett Wendell (1920)
"However this may be, the nine Books, as we have them, are composed together with
remarkable artistic skill, leading us excursively but surely from legendary ..."
4. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"The flesh of animals who feed excursively, is allowed to have a higher flavour
than that of those who are cooped up. May there not be the same difference ..."
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