2. Adverb. (alternative form of savorly) ¹
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Definition of Savourly
1. feelingly [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savourly
Literary usage of Savourly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"To conclude, hoard up the finest play-scraps you can get, upon which your lean
wit may most savourly feed, for want of other stuff, when the Arcadian and ..."
2. The Gull's Hornbook by Thomas Dekker, Ronald Brunlees McKerrow (1904)
"To conclude, hoard up the finest Play-scraps you can get, upon which your lean
Wit may most savourly feed for want of other stuff; for this is only ..."
3. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"We see the toiling servant feed savourly on one homely dish.— Adams, Whs., ii.
14o. Fell a crying [at finding his money] as savourly as I did before when I ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1900)
"SURE there's a dearth of wit in this dull town, When silly plays so savourly* go
down ; As, when clipped money passes, 'tis a sign A nation is not ..."
5. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1882)
"some English renegade, he talks so savourly * of toping. r M.-Mol. ... Cf.
the ballad of Lord Willoughby, " Full savourly they fed."—ED. ..."
6. A Dialogue of the Effectual Proverbs in the English Tongue Concerning Marriage by John Heywood (1906)
"... very savourly sound" (146), properly, rightly—as with a good and proper sense.
SAY, " I say little but I think more " (576). ..."
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