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Definition of Hoarily
1. in a hoary manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoarily
Literary usage of Hoarily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1861)
"... When the great waves dash with tumultuous shock, And the old billows rise up
hoarily Against some ancient rock. Which frowns above their dashing gaunt ..."
2. A Visit to Salt Lake: Being a Journey Across the Plains, and a Residence in by William Chandless (1857)
"The journey is very different from that of last week; we have left the snow far
north, except where it hangs hoarily on the mountain peaks. ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"Petals white, lineated, and hoarily tomentose ; the odd one, in most instances,
almost heart-shaped. Flowers ? longer than the calyx. '(Dec. Prod., 2. p. ..."
4. Strangers at Lisconnel: A Second Series of Irish Idylls by Jane Barlow (1895)
"At the sight of its hoarily sprinkled blackness he always felt as if he were
standing on the verge of some frightful revelation; a vague reminiscence, ..."
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