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Definition of Swelteringly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelteringly
Literary usage of Swelteringly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"i enjoyable, snow and ice being occasionally seen, the summer months are swelteringly
hot. Fever, dysentery, and cholera are unfortunately common complaints ..."
2. A Journey in the Back Country by Frederick Law Olmsted (1860)
"Next came—and it was a swelteringly hot afternoon—an open carriage with two ladies
taking an airing. Mr. S. had said the swell-heads had " got to think that ..."
3. The French Revolution: Crowned by the French Academy Gobert Prize by Louis Madelin (1916)
"Night was falling—a July night, swelteringly hot. From the streets a great noise
rose up: " The people have crossed the Rubicon " was the terrified cry. ..."
4. Four Months Afoot in Spain by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"Olive-trees hung heavy, on either hand spread broad fields of grain in which
peasants were toiling swelteringly as if they had never heard of the common ..."
5. A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"The women, buxom always, but painfully awkward in stiffly starched gowns, tramped
swelteringly behind the males. Even the children, the rollicking ..."
6. Pictorial History of Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom: A Thrilling by Trumbull White (1898)
"The weather grew swelteringly hot, and one by one the men threw away blankets
and tent rolls, and emptied their canteens. The first intimation had by ..."
7. In the Niger Country by Harold Bindloss (1898)
"We had seen enough of that village, and as it was swelteringly hot I beguiled a
certain surgeon, who will doubtless remember the experience, into taking a ..."
8. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"i enjoyable, snow and ice being occasionally seen, the summer months are swelteringly
hot. Fever, dysentery, and cholera are unfortunately common complaints ..."
9. A Journey in the Back Country by Frederick Law Olmsted (1860)
"Next came—and it was a swelteringly hot afternoon—an open carriage with two ladies
taking an airing. Mr. S. had said the swell-heads had " got to think that ..."
10. The French Revolution: Crowned by the French Academy Gobert Prize by Louis Madelin (1916)
"Night was falling—a July night, swelteringly hot. From the streets a great noise
rose up: " The people have crossed the Rubicon " was the terrified cry. ..."
11. Four Months Afoot in Spain by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"Olive-trees hung heavy, on either hand spread broad fields of grain in which
peasants were toiling swelteringly as if they had never heard of the common ..."
12. A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"The women, buxom always, but painfully awkward in stiffly starched gowns, tramped
swelteringly behind the males. Even the children, the rollicking ..."
13. Pictorial History of Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom: A Thrilling by Trumbull White (1898)
"The weather grew swelteringly hot, and one by one the men threw away blankets
and tent rolls, and emptied their canteens. The first intimation had by ..."
14. In the Niger Country by Harold Bindloss (1898)
"We had seen enough of that village, and as it was swelteringly hot I beguiled a
certain surgeon, who will doubtless remember the experience, into taking a ..."
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