Definition of Possessedly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Possessedly

poss.
posse
posse comitatus
possed
posseman
posser
possers
posses
possesion
possesions
possess
possess'd
possessed
possessed(p)
possessed of
possessedly (current term)
possessedness
possessednesses
possessee
possesser
possesses
possesseth
possessing
possession
possession is nine-tenths of the law
possession is nine points of the law
possession of interest
possessional
possessionary
possessioner

Literary usage of Possessedly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1877)
"The rule as thus defined, does not include any case where the devise is not possessedly residuary, or of so much only as has not been already disposed of by ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1875)
"... pain more patiently and self-possessedly than most, when not extremely intense. She continued the same pills, with only one week's intermission, ..."

3. Theatrical Notes by Joseph Knight (1893)
"Romeo in Signor Rossi's hands is, however, too self-possessedly certain. He is not under the spell of that rapture of new life which comes to youth with the ..."

4. The Argosy by Henry Wood, Charles William Wood, Mrs Henry Wood (1885)
"A four-year girl marched down the street, Most self-possessedly proud ; Behind, more curious than discreet, Followed an anxious crowd. ..."

5. The Indian Saint: Or, Buddha and Buddhism: a Sketch, Historical and Critical by Charles De Berard Mills (1876)
"The priest is always to approach and partake of his food in a poised, considerate, thoughtful spirit, eating possessedly, never with the least eagerness or ..."

6. The Indian Saint: Or, Buddha and Buddhism: a Sketch, Historical and Critical by Charles De Berard Mills (1876)
"The priest is always to approach and partake of his food in a poised, considerate, thoughtful spirit, eating possessedly, never with the least eagerness or ..."

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