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Definition of Rovingly
1. adv. In a wandering manner.
Definition of Rovingly
1. Adverb. In a roving manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rovingly
1. in a roving manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rovingly
Literary usage of Rovingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1849)
"Spain, we can assure all who are rovingly inclined— and Mr. Murray, we arc certain,
will corroborate our words—has at least as much to interest as any of ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"... nimbly tickled the palate, and ouv thoughts ran rovingly through many seasons
when the winter-morning enjoyment was builded on the substantial basis of ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"... nimbly tickled the palate, and our thoughts ran rovingly through many seasons
when the winter-morning enjoyment was builded on the substantial basis of ..."
4. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1851)
"... nimbly tickled the palate, and our thoughts ran rovingly through many seasons
when the winter-morning enjoyment was builded on the substantial basis of ..."
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