10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOLLISHLY»
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She was dollishly pretty ; she cried on every possible occasion ; she allowed
every body she came near to bully her ; she had not two ideas in her head. With
all these qualifications, how could she fail to be charming ?" inquires my sister
with ...
George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, 1871
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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers
“She was dollishly pretty; she cried on every possible occasion; she allowed
every body she came near to bully her; she had not two ideas in her head. With
all these qualifications, how could she fail to be charming '9” inquires my sister
with ...
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Episodes in an obscure life [by R. Rowe].
Her face, if clean and plumped out, and if her unkempt hair had been neatly
ringleted around it, would have been dollishly pretty. As it was, it looked like a
doll's face melted and scratched away into A DOCK-LABOURER'S HISTORY.
181.
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Dictionary of English Language Exhibiting Orthography, ...
II., dollishly, ad. ; dottishness, s. 91. [or qual. of. 86. -dom,dura, afx.25. Jurisdiction
of; state, cond., Dom, dom, s. 17. An obs. eccl. title, (v. i.) Domable*, dfim'-abl, dO'-
mibl— K., a. 45. Tamable. Domain, do-mane', s. Dominion, empire, territory ...
Arnold James Cooley, 1861
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"Good-bye, Sweetheart!": A Novel
She was dollishly pretty ; she cried on every possible occasion ; she allowed
everybody who came near to bully her; she had not two ideas in her head. With
all these qualifications, how could she fail to be charming ? " inquires my sister,
with ...
Only one person stepped out this time, a dollishly pretty girl with dark eyes and a
man's black overcoat, much too big for her. When she saw Karen she bit her lip,
and her eyes went round with worry. She started to tiptoe past Karen's back, but ...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
(from dull.) 1. Stupidly; dollishly (Dryden). 2. Slowly; sluggishly (Bacon). 3. Not
vigorously; not gayly; not brightly ; not keenly (Hudibras). DU'LNESS. s. (from dull
.) 1. Stupidity ; weakness of intellect; indocility ; slowness of apprehension (South
).
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, 1819
She had stupid sky-blue child's eyes and was altogether dollishly pretty with a
milk-white, finely freckled skin, cherry lips, and reddish golden curls— an angel
off a Christmas tree, if any angels are shingled, that is. Ida Elisabeth broke into
the ...
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Transatlantic Magazine: Containing Choice Selections from ...
'•She was dollishly pretty ; she cried on every possihle occasion ; she allowed
everybody she came near to hully her ; she had not two ideas in her head. With
all these qualifications, how could she fail to be charming? " inquires my sister
with ...
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Critical pronouncing dictionary of the English language: ...
DfLLER, ddl-ir, n. Thai which weakens. PtlLEYED, dil-i'd, a. Having a melancholy
look. DOLING, dnl-Ing, ppr. Making dull. WLLSIGHTED, dflUsi't-cd, o. Purblind.
DtlLWITTED, do.UAU-ed, a. Gross ; not quick WILY, duUe, ad. Stupidly ; dollishly.
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOLLISHLY»
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Dear Bridget, lose the diary and grow up
I was with you in London through those years: 28, single and buying The (dollishly worthy) Independent newspaper each week just to read your ... «The Daily Telegraph, Sep 13»
Dark Secrets Roil 'Desert'; Wilde's Too-Tame 'Earnest': Review
A profusion of roses spills like raindrops in the garden scene and the young ladies-in-waiting (for marriage) are dollishly trussed by Heeley in ... «Bloomberg, Jan 11»
Fine Finale
... Dalle in his russet waistcoat and bronze tights and Karen in her bright yellow and orange leotard with the dollishly overdone ruff at the bottom ... «Silicon Valley's Metro, May 05»
