Lexicographical Neighbors of Offishly
Literary usage of Offishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Love's Dilemmas by Robert Herrick (1898)
"... head thoughtfully she glanced offishly at the sheet on the pad. Her motions
were altogether lovely, and her lover lingered,— the slow movement of head ..."
2. Her Provincial Cousin: A Story of Brittany by Edith Elmer Wood (1893)
"They looked offishly at Delphine with scarcely concealed dislike, but greeted
the boys with a hearty ..."
3. Shouts and Murmurs: Echoes of a Thousand and One First Nights by Alexander Woollcott (1922)
"... in one of the deck-chairs that have been drawn offishly into the turn of the
promenade a foolish, bloodless girl lies toying with some ideas. ..."
4. Jerry of the Islands by Jack London (1917)
"At the best, he could be stand-offishly considerate of them. He made thorough
examination of the galley, a rude affair, ..."
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