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Definition of Aridly
1. arid [adv] - See also: arid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aridly
Literary usage of Aridly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (1920)
"'Why,' he said aridly; 'I have come all the way here to see you to-day! But I
started from home to go to Casterbridge Fair, where I have undertaken to ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1902)
"... the reader will know that some of even the longer articles are perfunctory
and aridly general. All psychologists will, of course, welcome such a volume. ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"Between five and six miles of hideous and execrable turnpike road, without shade,
and aridly detestable in the glare, heat, and dust of summer, ..."
4. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1864)
"... version is aridly literal, and often ludicrous by its vulgarity ; as when he
translates the Passover as the Skipover, and introduces Constables among ..."
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