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Definition of Be amiss

1. Verb. Interpret in the wrong way. "Sam and Sue be amiss the movie "; "She misconstrued my remarks"

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Literary usage of Be amiss

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The study of Biblical geography is pursued more than ever in our time, and it may not be amiss to mention here the principal sources and means at its ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"It may not be amiss to mention, that the edition of SOUNDERS AND OTLEY is in two volumes, of a larger type, and that that of the Messrs. ..."

3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"... should you be so fortunate as to capture them; but it may not be amiss to press the propriety of a proper line of conduct upon the,party you command. ..."

4. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"Your sentiments on this point may not be amiss. I beg you to write me under cover to Messrs. ... be amiss ..."

5. A Collection of the Facts and Documents, Relative to the Death of Major by William Coleman (1804)
"... to offer the last public mark of our respect to General Hamilton, it may not be amiss to say a few words respecting that illustrious personage. ..."

6. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... worthy friend of all the pensions in Somersetshire n, it will not be amiss to exemplify such as were allotted to the several abbots and priors therein. ..."

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