Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrotechnically
Literary usage of Pyrotechnically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"And he can mention 1789 without exploding pyrotechnically, or demonstrating to
the reader that Goethe was a product of the idea of the 'Revolution. ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Aristophanes, Rabelais, Erasmus, Swift, Lamb, Hood, Moore, all punned away
pyrotechnically. Nor is this all. The gravest of moralists, the most solemn of ..."
3. The American Novel by Carl Van Doren (1921)
"Mouthpiece for others, Huck is also mouthpiece for himself so competently that
the whole of his tough, ignorant, generous, loyal, pyrotechnically mendacious ..."
4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1849)
"At this instant, a comical fellow, pyrotechnically called " Flower Pot," got up,
and, after a flourish with his arms, protested at the language of the last ..."
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