Lexicographical Neighbors of Pawkily
Literary usage of Pawkily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1886)
"Anon he lifts the lid aloft, So pawkily, how pawkily, And kisses father's lips
so soft, Affectionately, affectionately. Then on one knee he gets astride. ..."
2. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1886)
"So pawkily, how pawkily, And kisses father's lips so soft, Anon he lifts the lid
aloft, Affectionately, affectionately. . Then on one knee he gets astride, ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"There is a story told of a Scotchman, who, having had a difference with his
spouse, pawkily enforced on her the duty of submission by saying, " Ye ken, ..."
4. The Bookman (1899)
"He held up a finger and eyed me pawkily. "Come, man, come!" he said, laughing.
"On your oath, now, is there not a lady? And that minds me; you have no more ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"A dry," said the sailor, either pawkily, or in simplicity, " there is not such
a thing here." However the mariner, or engineer, or whatever he was, ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1825)
"I am told his Majesty baa a very gracious and pleasant delivery, replied our
hero, pawkily ; and the stranger, not heading his drift, said with simplicity, ..."
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