Lexicographical Neighbors of Suppliantly
Literary usage of Suppliantly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mores Catholici, Or, Ages of Faith by Kenelm Henry Digby (1846)
"... we suppliantly implore the correction of the holy Roman Church." The same
expressions occur in the prologue to his lecture on the same an ; and again, ..."
2. The Judgment of the Bishops Upon Tractarian Theology: A Complete Analytical by William Simcox Bricknell (1845)
"... offer prayers to God for men: that it is good and useful suppliantly to invoke
them: and for benefits to be obtained from God, by his Son Jesus Christ ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"In a supplicating manner; as a suppliant. suppliantly to deprecate the impending
wrath of God. Calvin, On Jonah (trans.), p. ..."
4. Endymion, the Man in the Moon: Played Before the Queen's Majesty at by John Lyly (1894)
"... neither asking nor expecting it, I suppliantly acknowledge, as I should, your
kindness and your fostering care for students of letters. ..."
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