Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a florid manner.
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- adverb In a florid manner.
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- adverb In a
florid manner
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- adverb in a florid manner
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Examples
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Those whom he had offended by some social carelessness or other said of him when they wished to run him down, that he was "floridly" handsome; and there was some truth in it.
The Marriage of William Ashe Humphry Ward 1885
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A small silver hip flask floridly engraved with the word “Andalucia”.
The Juniper Days - Part I Alison Earls 2011
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Dye derivatives, known to be potent human carcinogens, scored floridly, causing hundreds of colonies of bacteria.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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And when Evans floridly described how two customers had been chiseled by a shoeshine boy—“On examination of their boots they discovered that they had more real estate than blacking on the outer surface, and an examination of their pockets showed conclusively that both parties were teetotally impecunious”—Twain translated the words into simple English: “Their boots were soiled with dust and they had no money.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Dye derivatives, known to be potent human carcinogens, scored floridly, causing hundreds of colonies of bacteria.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Dye derivatives, known to be potent human carcinogens, scored floridly, causing hundreds of colonies of bacteria.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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He was deemed "floridly psychotic" by doctors who testified at his trial.
Archive: The elevator doesn't stop here anymore. Music legend Roky Erickson, godfather of the psychedelic sound, survived the '60s. Sort of. Click Track 2010
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And when Evans floridly described how two customers had been chiseled by a shoeshine boy—“On examination of their boots they discovered that they had more real estate than blacking on the outer surface, and an examination of their pockets showed conclusively that both parties were teetotally impecunious”—Twain translated the words into simple English: “Their boots were soiled with dust and they had no money.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Along with the immobile parade of frocks – coolly understated in her Hollywood days, later more floridly matronly, then resplendently vulgar in the jewelled outfits she chose for charity balls – there are other relics detached from the body that wore them.
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So while neurobiologists tend to dismiss Klein as a fabulist along with the rest of the floridly unscientific Freudians, she was describing this emotional force field a half century ago—only the why is different.
THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010
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