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Definition of Protrusively
1. adv. In a protrusive manner.
Definition of Protrusively
1. Adverb. In a protrusive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protrusively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protrusively
Literary usage of Protrusively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1897)
"... to him thou, with sniffing charity, wilt protrusively proffer thy Hand-lamp,
and shriek, as one- injured, when he kicks his foot through it. ..."
2. The Christian Examiner (1837)
"Retire wilt protrusively proffer thy hand-lamp, and shriek as one injured into
private places with thy foolish cackle; or, what were better, give it up, ..."
3. Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle (1896)
"... to him thou, with sniffing ' charity, wilt protrusively proffer thy hand-lamp,
and ' shriek, as one injured, when he kicks his foot through ' it ? ..."
4. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"... as well as a Kitchen and Cattle-stall,— he shall be a delirious Mystic; to
him thou, with sniffing charity, wilt protrusively proffer thy Hand-lamp, ..."
5. The Christian Examiner and General Review edited by Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware (1837)
"Retire wilt protrusively proffer thy hand-lamp, and shriek as one injured into
private places with thy foolish cackle; or, what were better, give it up, ..."
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