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Definition of Incontinently
1. adv. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites.
Definition of Incontinently
1. Adverb. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint. ¹
2. Adverb. (archaic) Immediately; at once; forthwith. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incontinently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incontinently
Literary usage of Incontinently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"... and the consequent danger to the slave property of the South, and other injuries
to the United Stetes, which have been so incontinently reproduced, ..."
2. The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1858)
"The Goddess of Reason began incontinently to lecture with fluency and animation.
Presently Bysshe quitted his chair, and came and stood before her, ..."
3. The Star Chamber: Notices of the Court and Its Proceedings; with a Few by John Southerden Burn (1870)
"One Driver was suspected of living incontinently with Margaret Beesley and sent
some one to commute the penance. The bill however did not state the charge ..."
4. Fifty Years of an Actors̓ Life by John Coleman (1904)
"... and incontinently depart for Scotland—First Glimpse of " Caledonia stern and
wild"—First and Last Glimpse of "Scotch Washing"—The Theatre Royal—Messrs. ..."
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