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Definition of Mountainously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountainously
Literary usage of Mountainously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"... as the depressions in a Yorkshireman's plate of porridge become pools of milk,
whilst the lumps rise out of them mountainously. ..."
2. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1858)
"... there is 5 feet of snow upon a level, but it is mountainously drifted on the
clear ground. It is a melancholy time, near a famine for bread." " llth. ..."
3. Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens (1920)
"A ridge of inky water rushed foaming mountainously on his board, and behind that
ridge came a vast warty head that gurgled and groaned. ..."
4. England and the English from an American Point of View by Price Collier (1909)
"... The night less mountainously lies Upon our lips, than foolish days' Importunate
futilities." It may be said that it is not entirely the fault of the ..."
5. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"... as the depressions in a Yorkshireman's plate of porridge become pools of milk,
whilst the lumps rise out of them mountainously. ..."
6. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1858)
"... there is 5 feet of snow upon a level, but it is mountainously drifted on the
clear ground. It is a melancholy time, near a famine for bread." " llth. ..."
7. Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens (1920)
"A ridge of inky water rushed foaming mountainously on his board, and behind that
ridge came a vast warty head that gurgled and groaned. ..."
8. England and the English from an American Point of View by Price Collier (1909)
"... The night less mountainously lies Upon our lips, than foolish days' Importunate
futilities." It may be said that it is not entirely the fault of the ..."
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