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Definition of Drudgingly
1. adv. In a drudging manner; laboriously.
Definition of Drudgingly
1. Adverb. In a drudging manner; laboriously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drudgingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drudgingly
Literary usage of Drudgingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theistic Conception of the World: An Essay in Opposition to Certain by Benjamin Franklin Cocker (1875)
"... which "doth drudgingly execute that part of his providence which consisteth
in the regular and orderly motion of matter,"' and in the organization and ..."
2. A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies by Ambrose Philips (1723)
"... Where, with a Merchant-Man, Soon he a Dwelling had; And in a Kitchen plac'd,
A Scullion for to be; Where a long Time he pafs'd In Labour drudgingly. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... imagined to animate nature and "drudgingly to execute a part of the work of
Providence. ..."
4. The Christian Examiner (1846)
"... things himself drudgingly; * * * from whence it would follow also, that they
are all done either forcibly and violently, or else artificially only, ..."
5. The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State by Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1865)
"... drudgingly, but fully and fairly. [Applause.] I hope that, by thus dealing
with you, we will become better acquainted, and be better friends. ..."
6. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"Sorrow and sacrifice, Fatherless children, Desolate womanhood drudgingly living.
Wanton destruction That centuries builded ; Nothing is sacred— Killing and ..."
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