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Definition of Meaningly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meaningly
Literary usage of Meaningly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court (1849)
"The words spoken by the defendant were : " He (the plaintiff) had sworn to a lie
and done it meaningly to cut his (defendant's) throat." In Jacobs v. ..."
2. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and by John Clark Ridpath (1899)
"Halicarnassus looks meaningly at me. I look meaningly at Halicarnassus, and both
look meaningly at our empty basket. '• Won't you tell ? ..."
3. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"Halicarnassus looks meaningly at me. I look meaningly at Halicarnassus, and both
look meaningly at our empty basket. ''Won't you tell?" says Halicarnassus. ..."
4. Gala-days by Gail Hamilton (1863)
"Halicarnassus looks meaningly at me. I look meaningly at Halicarnassus, and both
look meaningly at our empty basket. " Won't you tell ? ..."