Definition of Adamsites

1. adamsite [n] - See also: adamsite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adamsites

adamantium
adamantly
adamantoblast
adamantoma
adamants
adamantyl
adamantylamine
adamantyls
adamaunt
adambulacral
adament
adamently
adamite
adams-stokes syndrome
adamsite
adamsites (current term)
adance
adangle
adansonia
adansonias
adapalene
adapiform
adapiforms
adapoid
adapoids
adapt
adaptabilities
adaptability
adaptable

Literary usage of Adamsites

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

1. Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson: With Particular Reference by Henry Lee, Charles Carter Lee (1839)
"The sincerely adamsites did not go. The Washingtonians went religiously, ... From this we are to understand, that the adamsites who kept aloof, ..."

2. The Federalist System, 1789-1801 by John Spencer Bassett (1906)
"... he said to Wolcott about the time he wrote first to Adams, the adamsites and Republicans combining will "completely run us down in public opinion. ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... and adamsites, had not as yet disturbed the surface of the political maelstrom. Erin go Bragh ("Erin forever"), the ancient war-cry of the Irish. ..."

4. James K. Polk, a Political Biography by Eugene Irving McCormac (1922)
"Gales and other "adamsites," Polk continued, are urging him on and reporting speeches that he never made, while he, ..."

5. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1896)
"Violent adamsites are chagrined to see an issue the fear of which they treated as chimerical or artificially ..."

6. Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life by Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852)
"... grumble at their extravagance and misdoings, if he likes grumbling better. Tf the adamsites carry their dish upright, what need is there that the Craw- ..."

7. Letters and Other Writings of James Madison by James Madison (1865)
"... the non- attendance of the adamsites is not presented to the public in such a manner, with their names, as to satisfy the real friends of Washington, ..."

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