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Definition of Seedily
1. in a seedy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seedily
Literary usage of Seedily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1874)
"On his way to the Club, he told us, he had caught a seedily-dressed pickpocket
in the act of appropriating his bandana. " And what did you do with him, sir? ..."
2. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"Youngsters warmly clad, if somewhat seedily, and sound as to the boots ; a tribe
intermediate between the arabs of the street and the race that lives in ..."
3. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1832)
"... us-s which ho seedily s-urns-tied, but of never been is-rs-s-veti. as-ssi it
ss s-is-Cs-ins-is-s-cut placid himself as- s-lie head of a with every ..."
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