Lexicographical Neighbors of Dandyishly
Literary usage of Dandyishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Masterpieces of Modern Drama ...: Abridged in Narrative with Dialogue of by Brander Matthews (1915)
"Very dandyishly dressed, he still seems by no means so happy as his clothes might
be making him. He jumps at the slam of a door, and then he frowns at ..."
2. Wandering Sketches of People and Things in South America, Polynesia by William Maxwell Wood (1849)
"We were, however, somewhat surprised, and not a little abashed, at meeting a
well, indeed rather dandyishly dressed young man, of some twenty-five or six ..."
3. Life in the London Streets: Or, Struggles for Daily Bread by Richard Rowe (1881)
"... dandyishly dressed in spotless white linen and good black broadcloth, sporting
a neatly curled moustache and Dundreary whiskers, and wearing on a face ..."
4. Picked up in the streets; or, Struggles for life amongst the London poor by Richard Rowe (1880)
"He was a strange host to find in such a hostelry; dandyishly dressed in spotless
white linen and good black broadcloth, sporting a neatly curled moustache ..."
5. Richard Hurdis: A Tale of Alabama by William Gilmore Simms (1888)
"The clamor was unanimous around him; and one tall fellow, somewhat dandyishly
accoutred, liko myself, coming forward, made a show of seizing upon the ex ..."
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