10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «THRAWNLY»
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The English dialect dictionary
Dwn. He's as thrawin' as a mule, LYTrLi: Ballycndtly (1892; 24. Hence (1)
Thrawnly, adv. crossly; (2) Thrawnness, sb. perverseness, obstinaey,
contrariness. (ll de. '\Vhat bird are ye?' he asked thrawnly, Bucuas' lVeaI/ter (r899
) 250. (2\ Se. l.\:u.) ...
Then the man repented his words and stared at the thing in the moss. “What bird
are ye?” he asked thrawnly. “I am a Respectable Whaup,” said the bird, “and I
kenna why ye have broken in on our family gathering. Once in a hundred years
we ...
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Scotland's Books : A History of Scottish Literature: A ...
... or beneficial, as many wise and worthy persons fondly expect'.42 Into this
Scotland enlightened and unenlightened, cosmopolitan and thrawnly local, was
born the poet whom many might regard as the greatest bard of human
brotherhood.
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The Best Works of John Buchan:
he asked thrawnly. “Iam a Respectable Whaup,” said the bird, “and I kenna why
ye have broken in on our family gathering. Once inahundred years weforegather
for decent conversation, andhere we are interrupted byamuckle, sweerin' man.
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English Language Word Builder
... HIDDENLY LATENTLY LOUCHELY MOLTENLY ODIOUSLY PEDATELY
RAMOSELY RUGOSELY SECANTLY SOVRANLY THRAWNLY UNCOMELY
UNMEETLY VENOUSLY WITTOLLY BANKSMAN BOATSMAN BUTTYMAN
CLANSMAN ...
he asked thrawnly. “Iama Respectable Whaup,” said the bird, “andIkenna why
yehave broken inon our family gathering. Once ina hundred yearsweforegather
for decent conversation, and here weare interrupted bya muckle, sweerin' man.
Amid them all the queen Amata gaes, And fiercely did a burning fir-tree raise,
And of her dochter eik, and of Turnus young, The wedding sangs and ballads did
she sing; With bloody een rolling full thrawnly, Oft and richt shrewitly wald she ...
Virgil, Gordon Kendal, 2011
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The Watcher by the Threshold:
he asked thrawnly. “Iam aRespectable Whaup,” said the bird, “and Ikenna why ye
have brokenin on our family gathering. Once ina hundred yearswe foregather for
decentconversation, and herewe are interrupted by a muckle, sweerin' man.
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Teaching Scottish Literature: Curriculum and Classroom ...
Yet in spite o aw the educational an social prejudices tryin tae kill aff Lowland
Scots, Lallans, the Doric or the Patter (or whitever variety ye mean), it thrawnly
refuses tae wither awa, for its ruits are teuch an deep, as maist Scots continue
yaisin it ...
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Merriam-Webster's Rhyming Dictionary
... hankie, lanky, swanky, Yankee hanky-panky anless \an-bs\ handless, manless,
planless anley \an-lë\ see anly2 anli \an-lë\ see anly2 anly1 \än-lë\ fondly,
thrawnly, wanly anly2 \an-lë\ blandly, grandly, manly, Stanley Osmanli, unmanly
ann1 ...
