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Definition of Balmily
1. Adverb. In a mildly insane manner. "The old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily"
Definition of Balmily
1. adv. In a balmy manner.
Definition of Balmily
1. Adverb. In a balmy manner. ¹
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Definition of Balmily
1. balmy [adv] - See also: balmy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balmily
Literary usage of Balmily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"... I think, a very choice specimen of balmily, but perhaps good enough for a
fly-leaf.' ] Tandem DOM (Vol. iii., p. 62.). ..."
2. The Letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Edmund Gosse, Thomas James Wise (1918)
"And we thought of the shepherd in Pickwick— and fancied a flavour of rum balmily
borne on the wind of his words—and my man said, "Well, Let's get out of ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"balmily the vernal air Greets me, from my pillow springing! And the little birds
sang on, Undisturbed by my appearing; True and trustful, there they sat, ..."
4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"A gentle breeze from the south was astir balmily and blandly among the leaves;
in fine, it was one of those grateful, genial seasons, ..."
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