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Definition of Dwarfishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwarfishly
Literary usage of Dwarfishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... express themselves symmetrically and abundantly, not dwarfishly and fragmentarily.
They found or put themselves in certain conditions, as, ..."
2. Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, Compared by Louis Agassiz, James Elliot Cabot (1850)
"Begins to lose Fagus sylvatica L. Grows dwarfishly its majestic appearance, and
and disappears in the subalpine forms only meagre forests as regions of ..."
3. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1854)
"... grow not into the natural stature of a man—belittled by ban:; given to little
things—strong only • the ratio of its petty obstacles, and dwarfishly ..."
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