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Definition of Soddenly
1. in a soggy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soddenly
Literary usage of Soddenly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"... and after 2 miles march wee came where they were, and soddenly coming to the
place, theire wigwams being vpon the edge of the swamp,* as soone as euer ..."
2. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick, Hiram Mattison (1850)
"... a servant informed them, that he had seen a light shine soddenly in the garden,
and especially npon the streams which he was throwing to water it. ..."
3. Untimely Papers by Randolph Silliman Bourne (1919)
"... which had been soddenly pacifistic in our days of neutrality, became in a few
months • just as soddenly bellicose, and in its zeal for witch-burnings ..."
4. Utopia by Thomas More, Joseph Rawson Lumby (1908)
"... looked too will be busie and bould to doe shrewd tournes, and contrary wise
beinge spyed will soddenly leape back and adventure no farther : soe the ..."
5. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"Like a wet petal crumpled, Twilight fell soddenly on the weary city; The 'buses
lurched and groaned, The shops put up their doors. But skywards, far aloft, ..."
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