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Definition of Nobbily
1. adv. In a nobby manner.
Definition of Nobbily
1. Adverb. In a nobby manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nobbily
1. in a nobby manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nobbily
Literary usage of Nobbily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"nobbily,«///. (common).—Showily; smartly : cf. NOBBY. NOBBING,subs, (pugilists').—I.
The administration of blows on the head. 1825. ..."
2. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1878)
"It was Sunday afternoon, and on the pier were gathered one or two hundred Bermu-
dians, half of them black, half of them white, and all of them nobbily ..."
3. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1878)
"It was Sunday afternoon, and on the pier were gathered one or two hundred Bermu-
dians, half of them black, half of them white, and all of them nobbily ..."
4. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1878)
"It was Sunday afternoon, and on the pier were gathered one or two hundred
Bermudians, half of them black, half of them white, and all of them nobbily ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"It was Sunday afternoon, and on the pier were gathered one or two hundred
Bermudians, half of them black, half of them white, and all of them nobbily ..."
6. Bemocked of Destiny: The Actual Struggles and Experiences of a Canadian by Aeneas McCharles (1908)
"He was a big stout man, always nobbily dressed, and had a distinguished air.
In his opinions and talk he was somewhat positive, but Scotchmen as a rule seem ..."
7. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Virgil, Charles Anthon, C. Knipe, New York (State). Banking Dept, Emerson Willard Keyes, Mark Twain, Claire Giannini Hoffman (1899)
"It was Sunday afternoon, and on the pier were gathered one or two hundred
Bermudians, half of them black, half of them white, and all of them nobbily ..."
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