10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUMBROUSLY»
Discover the use of
cumbrously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cumbrously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Imperial Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New and Exhaustive ...
"Capitals to every substantive are cumbrously intrusive upon the eye." — Seward:
Letters, i. 164. cum brous ness, a. [Bug. cumbrous; -ness.] The quality of being
cumbrous, embarrassing, or confused; awkwardness, want of simplicity and ...
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An English and Telugu Dictionary Explaining the English ...
She was so cumbrously adorned that she conld not dance «"So □^tr'7SXvci~%)
bx>Sr°X> Cumin, cum'in, n- &vtt>, tlvt^, sSSS'sSaa. Cumly, ». (Indian word for a
blanket) Cummer, n. (French, cornmere) Xxlk&ii- Cummin seed, n. e5e>S\S,.
Charles Philip Brown, M. Venkata Ratnam, 1895
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The Journals: Volume 2: 1966-1990
Robinson asked at one point why I wrote so clearly and explained so cumbrously
; to which the answer can only be that I write so clearly because I explain so
cumbrously. None of them understands the unconscious element in writing; and
that ...
Drazin Fowles, John Fowles, Charles Drazin, 2009
Stillmore cumbrously the latter transforms into a compound word a similar phrase
in “ Olympian Hurler-of-Li htnin ," without any article, to express him who is called
in t 1e origlnal 'Kpovov mug a'ylwhopn-rsw, a compound which Macpherson ...
he cried hoarsely ; and Colonel Joyce turned cumbrously in his seat again to cast
a mechanical glance at the house, and then, in his surprise, cumbrously reversed
the movement to stare blankly at his nephew, the puff of smoke that he had ...
“He cumbrously consulted a file he withdrew from a briefcase of achingly
sensible utility,” wrote novelist Will Self in How the Dead Live. Cumbrously.
Achingly. Amazing what a smart -ly will do. These attention-getting modifiers
represent a new ...
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Dickens and the Dream of Cinema
Mr Chadband moves softly and cumbrously, not unlike a bear who has been
taught to walk upright. He is very much embarrassed about the arms, as if they
were inconvenient to him, and he wanted to grovel: is very much in a perspiration
...
8
Richard Wagner Composer of Operas
The orchestration of the day was heavy. The art of Mozart had been forgotten;
Weber scored cumbrously—as was inevitable; Spontini and Marschner scored
cumbrously also, partly because they could not help it, partly because they
wanted to ...
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Modernism, Media, and Propaganda: British Narrative from ...
In the next sentence— “When sweetmeats were offered them, they put out great
red hands to take them, and felt themselves treading cumbrously like tight-coated
soldiers among these soft instinctive people”—the “great red hands” seem to ...
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Mind Into Matter: Arch Transforms Science Into Sustainable ...
MIND INTO MATTER Since 1980, when the United States government first allowed universities and laboratories to reap commercial profits from federally-funded projects, top institutions have been licensing their research.
Steve Lazarus, Udayan Gupta, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUMBROUSLY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cumbrously is used in the context of the following news items.
David McIlroy on "Developing the Underdeveloped"
This is being driven by South Africa's, cumbrously named, Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme, ... «Africa Outlook Magazine, Jul 15»
Mitch Vingle: Charleston's Super Six plans and SSAC's 'dirty secret'
Today, though, I offer a lesson to the young via Doug Carte, general manager of the cumbrously named University of Charleston Stadium at ... «Charleston Gazette, May 15»
The Face of an Angel — review
The Face of an Angel, cumbrously scripted by Paul Viragh, tries to ricochet off the Meredith Kercher case. A German director (Daniel Brühl) in ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
Review: Our Country's Good
... various backdrops; however, when they are often moved so cumbrously and, perhaps more crucially, by people dressed in costumes that the ... «Palatinate, Nov 14»
Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Modi, moksha and India
Meanwhile, the cumbrously named newly created skill development, entrepreneurship, youth affairs and sports ministry belies earlier reports of ... «Business Standard, Oct 14»
Room 220: 'The Oblivion Atlas,' Reviewed
As standalone images, they run from comically garish (a skull vomiting Mardi Gras beads, a desiccated reptile) to cumbrously surreal (a ... «NOLA Defender, Jan 14»
Sweet Bird Of Youth, Old Vic - theatre review
Melodramatic flashes of lightning don't add much, and in Rae Smith's design everything looks cumbrously palatial. The performances often ... «Evening Standard, Jun 13»
The Ordeal of Jack and Evelyn
Frowningly, cumbrously, he boards the Caliban and settles in his cabin. At which point—through the floor, or emitting from hidden tubes—the ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 13»
Saved from extinction
Later, however, her journal entries and dialogue become cumbrously didactic. In addition to didacticism and caricatured villains, the novel is ... «Globe and Mail, Jul 10»
Film reviews: Ciphers cracked at a giddy pace
From the cumbrously ingenious title upwards or downwards – “synecdoche”, a figure of speech in which the part signifies the whole, rhymes ... «Financial Times, May 09»
