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Definition of Spinelessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinelessly
Literary usage of Spinelessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially by Booth Tarkington (1916)
"Not having shown that consideration for anybody, they might at least have been
less spinelessly indulgent of her. William's bitter conviction was that he ..."
2. Home Life in America by Katherine Graves Busbey (1910)
"... but if you are an ordinary American citizen, you endure it spinelessly, accept
whatever is handed to you dreamily or arrogantly, as the spirit moves the ..."
3. Home Life in America by Katherine Graves Busbey (1910)
"... but if you are an ordinary American citizen, you endure it spinelessly, accept
whatever is handed to you dreamily or arrogantly, as the spirit moves the ..."
4. Expository Writing by Mervin James Curl (1919)
"This does not mean that you should write spinelessly — not in the least; it means
only that you should be an artist rather than a blind reformer. ..."
5. Expository Writing by Mervin James Curl (1919)
"This does not mean that you should write spinelessly — not in the least; it means
only that you should be an artist rather than a blind reformer. ..."
6. Expository Writing by Mervin James Curl (1919)
"... not mean that you should write spinelessly — not in the least; it means only
that you should be an artist rather than a blind reformer. ..."
7. For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Ian Lustick (1988)
"Europe is seen as spinelessly responsive to Arab oil interests and Palestinian
terrorism. Israel's economic and military dependence on the United States is ..."
8. I, Mary MacLane: A Diary of Human Days by Mary MacLane (1917)
"A spinelessly Weak game. I hate its Weakness more than I like its pleasant futility.
I hate it and myself in it all the time I'm dwelling on it. ..."
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