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Definition of Bulbously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulbously
Literary usage of Bulbously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"Quite bulbously his ample boots upbraided Her little feet. WE HENLEY. WHEN YOU
ARE OLD. When you are old, and I am passed away- Passed, and your face, ..."
2. Canada as it is by John Foster Fraser (1905)
"... almost on the burst with ripeness, apples as rosy as the cheeks of an English
lass in crisp winter time, and tomatoes big and bulbously yellowish-red. ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"The large spine is seen to be nearly O'Smm. long, smooth, curved, and pointed,
basally it is somewhat bulbously expanded, and is clothed with short ..."
4. A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1902)
"A port-wine flavored He, a He who traded, Rich, rosy, round, obese to a degree!
A sense of injury overmastered me. Quite bulbously his ample boots upbraided ..."
5. The Development of the Human Body: A Manual of Human Embryology by James Playfair McMurrich (1902)
"206, gt), rapidly increases in size, its extremity becomes somewhat bulbously
enlarged (Fig. 208, gl) and a groove, extending to the base of the terminal ..."
6. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... touching the pupa and usually being soldered to it for 4mm. of this, ending
somewhat bulbously. The trunk or horn thus formed is rather more than 2mm. ..."
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