10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEEDILY»
Discover the use of
deedily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
deedily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Me and My Friends, We No Longer Profess Any Graces: A ...
Deedily. Deedily. Dee: Nonaffluent. Materialism. i. I have dirtied all my poems
with objects. I have soiled all my objects by writing odes to them. I would like to
call you now because I am the last person in the world you expect to hear from,
but ...
2
Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery
Her works deserve to be better known. t " Deedily," — I am not quite sure that this
word is good English ; V but it is genuine Hampshire, and is used by the most
correct of female writers, Miss Austen. It means (and it is no small merit that it has
...
Mary Russell Mitford, 1870
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Critical Companion to Jane Austen: A Literary Reference to ...
Frank Churchill is “most deedily occupied about her spec- tacles, and Jane
Fairfax, standing with her back to them, intent on the pianoforte” (240). In her Our
Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scen- ery (1824), Mary Russell Mitford
...
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In Search of Jane Austen: The Language of the Letters
As discussed in §6.2, deedily is one of the words for which Jane Austen is cited
as a first user in the OED. It is found in the letters (letter 91, 1813) as well as in
Emma (1815). Identifying linguistic features in the letters that seem peculiar, ...
Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade, 2014
And, really, who could resist that All types of birds, Including eagles like this
juvenile Bald Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee Tweedily deedily dee.
Tweedily deedily dee Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee Tweet, tweet, ...
6
Diction and imagery in the poetry of Thomas Hardy
... word "deedily" occurs twice in the poems— "Deedily brooding moon" (U8U)
and in a description of the face of the dawn as "so deedily gray" (WW 1), Defined
as actively, this word seems to come from deedy, which has among its definitions
...
Grace Esther Vinson, 1953
shrinking themselves into mice or cats or locusts or some such small animal as
the occasion demands, and once they are inside they can again, if they wish,
resume their proper shape and then go deedily about their business. Now they
would ...
Francesco Maria Guazzo, Montague Summers, 2004
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Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945:
in the sketch entitled 'Nutting', Mitford directly references Austen once again,
discussing the purity and propriety of her language use, in a footnote that
defends her own use of the word 'deedily' by giving it a precedent in the work of '
the most ...
he appearance of the little sitting-room as they entered, was tranquillity itself; Mrs.
Bates, deprived of her usual employment, slumbering on one side of the fire,
Frank Churchill, at a table near her, most deedily occupied about her spectacles,
...
She rolled round her face, remained a moment looking deedily aslant athim; then
with a slightcurl of the lip sprang to her feet, and exclaiming abruptly "I must
mizzle!" walked off quickly homeward. Jude followed and rejoined her. "Just one!
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEEDILY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
deedily is used in the context of the following news items.
The secret 'snog' in Jane Austen revealed
... at a table near her, most deedily occupied about her spectacles, and Jane Fairfax, standing with her back to them, intent on her pianoforte.”. «The Independent, May 15»
The Jane Austen kiss you didn't realise was there
... of her usual employment, slumbering on one side of the fire, Frank Churchill at a table near her, most deedily occupied about her spectacles, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Q&A: Don Felder
And I say, "What is deedily-deedily-deedily-deedily?" And so he and I sat down and figured out the line we would play, with that guitar harmony ... «SoundSpike, Mar 15»
The Eagles' most legendary guitar improvisation ... wasn't
“So, we get to the end and Joe says, 'Now we've got to play something that goes deedily deedily deedily deedily.' And I say, 'What is deedily ... «Something Else! Reviews, Feb 15»
Review: 'Badger's Moon' by Elleston Trevor
Trevor's crutch word here is one I'd never even encountered before, 'deedily', used at least once a chapter to describe someone's speech. «Flayrah, Jan 13»
