Lexicographical Neighbors of Excusive
Literary usage of Excusive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"In the mean while I will follow the matter into which we are fallen my good
friends, and without further ado I pray, without any more excusive phrase, ..."
2. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle: Annotated by Thomas Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"Carlyle, when his wife was away from him, wrote to her almost daily; not hurried,
excusive scribbles, but voluminous letters in his best style ; keeping her ..."
3. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"Carlyle, when his wife was away from him, wrote to her almost daily; not hurried,
excusive scribbles, but voluminous letters in his best style; ..."
4. Thirty Years of New York Politics Up-to-date by Matthew Patrick Breen (1899)
"Were some of the charges in your opinion excusive ?" he was asked. Evidently
supposing that counsel said "excessive," he answered promptly, " Well, ..."
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