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Definition of Cherubically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherubically
Literary usage of Cherubically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"But that heroine briefly suggesting " Bedtime" instead, the bottles were put
away, and the family retired; she cherubically escorted, like some severe saint ..."
2. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1901)
"Hied his limpid blue eyes upon the speaker, and looked cherubically. Then he
gently drawled out. " I suppose the Colonel, in the nature of things, ..."
3. God's Puppets by William Allen White (1916)
"Say, boys "— the man addressed himself to the youths whose faces beamed cherubically
over the rail —" suppose you could have Ty Cobb and Teddy Roosevelt, ..."
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