Lexicographical Neighbors of Conceity
Literary usage of Conceity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life by William Henry Herndon (1999)
"I tell you, Aunt 'Becca, he's a Whig, and no mistake: nobody but a Whig could
make such a conceity dunce of himself." "Well," says I, "maybe he is; but, ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"She was somewhat dressy, an' hadn'ta pleasant smile; She was quite conceity, and
carried a heap o* style ; But if ever I tried to be friends, I did with her ..."
3. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"She was somewhat dressy, an' hadn'ta pleasant smile— Sh<> was quite conceity,
and carried a heap o' style ; But if I ever tried to be friends, ..."
4. Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Fish (1905)
"I tell you, Aunt 'Becca, he's a Whig, and no mistake: nobody but a Whig could
make such a conceity dunce of himself." "Well," says I, "maybe he is; but, ..."
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