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Definition of Corpulently
1. adv. In a corpulent manner.
Definition of Corpulently
1. Adverb. In a corpulent manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corpulently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corpulently
Literary usage of Corpulently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Garrick and His Circle by Florence Mary Wilson Parsons (1906)
"corpulently climbed for the sake of the old times when he used to climb it locked.
Parts of his Lives of the Poets he wrote in the upper house while ' dear ..."
2. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1840)
"... and elevated him to his feet with an alacrity which, in one usually so
corpulently majestic, was somewhat uncommon, and not a little unseemly. ..."
3. Doctor Johnson and Mrs. Thrale by Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1910)
"The wooden gate over which Johnson " corpulently climbed " may have i The Rev.
Douglas Macleane, historian of Pembroke College, Oxford, and the Rev. ..."
4. The History of the Province of Moray: Comprising the Counties of Elgin and by Lachlan Shaw (1882)
"... successor to Bishop Skinner, Aberdeen, who corpulently filled the chair well.
The Primus m. 1827 Emma, who died 1880, dau. of the late Sir James Allan ..."
5. Stanley Buxton: Or, The Schoolfellows by John Galt (1833)
"He was a middle-aged, corpulently-inclined person, slow and methodical in his
speech, not overladen with learning, and who performed his clerical duties ..."
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