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Definition of Stringily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stringily
Literary usage of Stringily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"The fashion of youth is discarded for slender leathery leaves of a sober green,
sickle-shaped and hanging stringily with one edge always towards the, ..."
2. The Heart of the Balkans by Demetra Vaka (1917)
"The camp was bedecked with all kinds of bright-colored rags, hanging stringily
in the storm, and our guide told us that it was a bridal encampment where a ..."
3. Harvard Episodes by Charles Macomb Flandrau (1897)
"Here, put on your wrapper and come on." He helped Billy, half dry, with his hair
dripping stringily over his eyes, into a striped blanket covering, ..."
4. Harvard Episodes by Charles Macomb Flandrau (1897)
"He helped Billy, half dry, with his hair dripping stringily over his eyes, into
a striped blanket covering, and pushed him gently into the hall. ..."
5. The Hungry Heart: A Novel by David Graham Phillips (1909)
"Sleep swelled her face, her eyelids; her skin inclined to be cloudy; her hair
hung rather stringily about her bro». And in negligee the defect of too much ..."
6. The Heart of the Balkans by Demetra Vaka (1917)
"The camp was bedecked with all kinds of bright-colored rags, hanging stringily
in the storm, and our guide told us that it was a bridal encampment where a ..."
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