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Definition of Porously
1. adv. In a porous manner.
Definition of Porously
1. Adverb. In a porous way; allowing liquid or gas to pass through. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Porously
1. porous [adv] - See also: porous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porously
Literary usage of Porously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of past life by Henry Holland (1872)
"porously ill. This journey—unavailing for good to the patient, whom I found
dying—cost me three nights of travel out of four. ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"Complaint is made of the growth of luxury and decay of hospitality, and the
puritans are л• ¡porously assailed. ..."
3. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1886)
"45- Levied n porously, 48. Short, Dr Thomas, attends Charles II. in his last
illness, i. 211, 216. Shovel,Sir Cloudesley.i 149. Escorts William to Ireland, ..."
4. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1832)
"... as-ad not without loss, ‘ vs-s-porously, were compelled to s-us-renoir.
that be effected is-is- ..."
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