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Definition of Apishly
1. adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
Definition of Apishly
1. Adverb. In an apish manner; in the manner of an ape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apishly
1. apish [adv] - See also: apish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apishly
Literary usage of Apishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"Deride and play upon his amorous humours, Though he but apishly doth imitate The
gallant'st courtiers, kissing ladies' pumps, Holding the cloth for them, ..."
2. A Grammatical Analyzer; Or, The Derivation and Definition of Words with by William Jewett Tenney (1866)
"The idea is again changed, and signifies after the manner of, or the quality of
an ape; thus, he acts apishly. This word is of the class of adverbs, ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... and besotted us to the gay imitation of the lordly Imprimatur, one from Lambeth
house," another from the West end of Pauls;*" so apishly Romanizing, ..."
4. The Italian Renaissance in England: Studies by Lewis Einstein (1902)
"... who ran down their own country, and contemned one another, no less than
they “apishly imitate every outlandish ass, in their gestures, behavior, ..."
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