Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With a low monotonous sound; with murmurs.
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Examples
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He told himself calmly that those words had absolutely no sense which had seemed to rise murmurously from the dark.
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Abstractedly she watched the dancers for a few moments, commenting murmurously as a couple eddied near.
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Perhaps sea and pine are one because the sea, too, is endlessly and murmurously alive.
Takasago 1978
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The jungle, almost always murmurously quiet, had never seemed like the real enemy-and now Amalfi knew that his intuition had been right.
Cities In Flight Blish, James 1957
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The natives 'voices arose murmurously, for they felt it was not well to offend the strangers.
The Eternal Maiden T. Everett Harr��
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The new parsonage at Rosemary is nearer the church than the old, -- but the old parsonage has more land, and its garden slopes gently downward to the little river, slipping murmurously away to the sea.
Old Valentines A Love Story Munson Aldrich Havens
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"A bed by night, a hard-wood floor by day," Ken misquoted murmurously.
The Happy Venture Edith Ballinger Price 1947
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Dutchman_, and presently he became aware of a soft strumming sound, and of a voice which sang murmurously:
The Happy Venture Edith Ballinger Price 1947
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And he perfected the picture that he desired her to see by the assurance he gave murmurously from the darkness of the open door.
The Judge Rebecca West 1937
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He told himself calmly that those words had absolutely no sense which had seemed to rise murmurously from the dark.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922
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