monkishly

The poetic use of words in unusual, appealing ways: an intellectual, lives monkishly, coddling a loss — a deceased or divorced wife, dead children, a missing brother.

2009 November | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

The poetic use of words in unusual, appealing ways: an intellectual, lives monkishly, coddling a loss — a deceased or divorced wife, dead children, a missing brother.

2009 November 24 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

The poetic use of words in unusual, appealing ways: an intellectual, lives monkishly, coddling a loss — a deceased or divorced wife, dead children, a missing brother.

Why James Wood is so Good… 2009

When it comes to discussing Governor David Paterson's political future, New York Democrats are impressively, almost monkishly, focused on the present.

Paterson Inspires Senators to Care Deeply About Their Work 2009

But I never thought of him as anti-violent until Uma Thurman's father came on my "Con Games" radio show in Aspen to lead me monkishly down the path of virtue.

Michael Conniff: CON GAMES: Violence On The QT With Quentin Tarantino 2008

Nine tenths of the critical writing about commodity culture could be anthologized under the title Killjoy Was Here; whether the point of view is Marxist alienation or post-structuralist hauteur, it's a given that the critic is monkishly immune to the gratifications involved.

Material Girl 2003

Nine tenths of the critical writing about commodity culture could be anthologized under the title Killjoy Was Here; whether the point of view is Marxist alienation or post-structuralist hauteur, it's a given that the critic is monkishly immune to the gratifications involved.

Material Girl 2003

"Exactly," says Harmony, and die computer geeks, ever helpful, all nod monkishly in assent.

Shampoo Planet Coupland, Douglas 1992

Yet it is not simply black and white that must be made valuable, rare worth must be given to each colour employed; but the white and black ought to separate themselves quaintly from the rest, while the other colours should be continually passing one into the other, being all plainly companions in the same gay world; while the white, black, and neutral grey should stand monkishly aloof in the midst of them.

Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field

It is not, however, only white and black which you must make valuable; you must give rare worth to every colour you use; but the white and black ought to separate themselves quaintly from the rest, while the other colours should be continually passing one into the other, being all evidently companions in the same gay world; while the white, black, and neutral grey should stand monkishly aloof in the midst of them.

The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859