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Definition of Parlously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parlously
Literary usage of Parlously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beaumont and Fletcher: Or, The Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1862)
"You are so parlously in love with learning, Mir. Taith, no: That I'd be glad to
know what you understand, brother: I'm sure you have read all Aristotle. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"To fame I '11 carve my way, My foes are parlously afraid, I know my trade ; with
lance and blade Whatever they may say. ..."
3. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1896)
"He jokes, somewhat parlously, one might imagine, over the craze of one Pope for
destroying the buildings erected by his predecessor, and hints that the ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1894)
"... erst leaping so ardent, began to nicker parlously. In vain the stroke - oarsman
gently fanned it with wondrous tales of how the minister (the Reverend ..."
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