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- adjective Of or relating to William Congreve (1670–1729),
English playwright andpoet .
Etymologies
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Congreve + -ian
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Pauline, using a gesture that was Congrevian in its accomplishment, raised a pair of lorgnettes and stared through them at Miss Orrincourt, who now reclined at full length on the sofa.
Final Curtain Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1935
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