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Definition of Starchily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Starchily
Literary usage of Starchily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1907)
"Pinkey felt his heart swell almost to bursting as his Affinity slid from her
chair beside him and picked her way starchily through the well-filled room to ..."
2. Health Through Will Power by James Joseph Walsh (1919)
"... but the shirt with its myriad points of contact, all of them starchily scraping,
usually proves too much for his equanimity, and he wiggles and twists ..."
3. Health Through Will Power by James Joseph Walsh (1919)
"Ordinarily Indians have learned to suppress their feelings, but the shirt with
its myriad points of contact, all of them starchily scraping, usually proves ..."
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