Lexicographical Neighbors of Otiosely
Literary usage of Otiosely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. James Russell Lowell: A Biography by Horace Elisha Scudder (1901)
"... as has been somewhat otiosely discussed, this, at least, is certain, — that
the basis of all Society is the putting of the force of all at the disposal ..."
2. The Elements of Inductive Logic by Thomas Fowler (1883)
"... in his Address before the Medical Association in 1868) 'have seemed at first
sight to be more impertinent, more otiosely curious and trifling, ..."
3. The Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell (1892)
"Whether there was ever such a thing as a Social Contract or not, as has been
somewhat otiosely discussed, this, at least, is certain, — that the basis of ..."
4. The Ideal of a Christian Church Considered in Comparison with Existing by William George Ward (1844)
"... the very contradictories of which he had otiosely held in times past: here is
a most unexceptionable mode of abandoning early prepossessions. ..."
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