Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumpily
Literary usage of Dumpily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of an Alienist, Personal and Professional by Allan McLane Hamilton (1916)
"... into my face by the pudgy, sedate and rosin-backed horse who dumpily circled
to the music of the blaring band, and the hoarse orders of the ringmaster. ..."
2. A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49 by Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1851)
"... and as I see him, in my mind's eye at this moment, with his long brown ringlets
hanging dumpily over the massive shield on his shoulders, ..."
3. The One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment New York State Volunteers: A by Cornelius Van Santvoord (1894)
"dumpily, Peter. 25. July 17, 1861. Newark, NJ Transferred from Company F, 72nd
NYV, June 20, 1864. Discharged by reason of expiration of term of service ..."
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