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Definition of Jocundly
1. jocund [adv] - See also: jocund
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jocundly
Literary usage of Jocundly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"If I must make a prison of our palace, At least we'll wear our fetters jocundly.
Grail's Elegy. Byron. JODE (Peter de), an engraver of some note, ..."
2. The Life of Mr. Robert Blair, Minister of St. Andrews, Containing His by Robert Blair, William Row, Thomas M'Crie (1848)
"But then I dealt plainly with him, and told him, that perceiving him to be of a
melancholic temper, though he had carried hitherto jocundly, yet, ..."
3. Historical Sketches of Notable Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I by Thomas Carlyle, Alexander Carlyle (1898)
"Were ye not faithful in your day; and drove jocundly your waggon-loads of ...
jocundly shot it there, not calculating that it would be rubbish ? ..."
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