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Definition of Loutishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loutishly
Literary usage of Loutishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"A mean awkward fellow ; a bumpkin ; a clown. LOUTISH, (logt'-ish) o. Clownish;
bumpkin ly. loutishly ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1806)
"A wit passing by, and s«eing the faithful squire stand loutishly gaping about
him, exclaimed, from Horace, ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1833)
"But what a time and place he has chosen for it." "Gentlemen," said the person
spoken of, as, loutishly bowing, he presented his hat to the young gentlemen, ..."
4. The Adventurer in Spain by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1903)
"... the overseer, and where Penique still stood by the fire, loutishly uncertain
what to do with himself. Rodil was talking with our host at the moment, ..."
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