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- adjective Of or pertaining to Emily Dickinson (1830-1886),
American poet who wrote mostly ofdeath andimmortality , or her writings.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I love Emily Dickinson but, generally, when I hear the word "Dickinsonian" used to describe
A Motley Vision 2010
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The news is out that, in Dickinsonian fashion, his poetry was found after his death.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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The Dickinsonian wit snapping the page here and there.
Laura Sims Lemon Hound 2006
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It knows exactly what it wants to say and says it with Dickinsonian flair.
Archive 2006-03-01 fusenumber8 2006
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The Dickinsonian wit snapping the page here and there.
Archive 2006-12-01 Lemon Hound 2006
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The thing that struck me first about "Spindrift" is its (Emily) Dickinsonian style: seemingly random, mid-sentence capitalizations, the hyphens, the brevity.
A Motley Vision 2010
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Satin Cash-inspired by that Dickinsonian sentiment and phrase-allies itself with such radical economies of beauty and pays in subtlety.
VQR 2009
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Satin Cash-inspired by that Dickinsonian sentiment and phrase-allies itself with such radical economies of beauty and pays in subtlety.
VQR 2009
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And the story behind the book is Dickinsonian, itself -- the author, Rose MacMurray, wrote only this one novel, and she told her children about it just a few days before she died.
Rocks In My Dryer 2008
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I’d love to know who wrote that second account – I’d certainly read it, now my appetite has been whetted for more Dickinsonian-abilia!
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