pursily
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]pursily (comparative more pursily, superlative most pursily)
- In a pursy manner:
- Out of breath, breathlessly.
- 1903, Alfred Henry Lewis, chapter 2, in Peggy O’Neal[1], Philadelphia: Drexel Biddle, page 52:
- As the General straightened his tall, slight form, his tobacco-lighting accomplished, Duff Green, breathing pursily from a dash of trepidation, could not forbear comment.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses[2], London: Egoist Press, page 231:
- Mr Kernan hurried forward, blowing pursily.
- In a puckered manner.
- 1867, Daniel Crowberry, chapter 12, in North of the Tweed[3], volume 1, London: T. Cautley Newby, page 153:
- She was dressed in a light morning “wrapper,” or robe de chambre, drawn pursily about her waist by a fillet or band, tied in imitation of a rosette in front.
- 1939, Ellery Queen, “Long Shot” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, No. 75, April 1959, British Edition, p. 28,[4]
- And, the serious business of her Hollywood gossip column concluded, Miss Paris hung up and turned her lips pursily toward Mr. Queen.
- 2000, James Fleming, chapter 19, in The Temple of Optimism[5], New York: Hyperion, page 202:
- Robert, who had drunk very little, eyed him pursily across the table.
- Out of breath, breathlessly.