Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an operose manner.
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- adverb In an
operose manner.
Etymologies
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operose + -ly
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Examples
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Charlie Captain, late University man and engineer, lay with eyes swathed in steaming cloths, the whaler spoke operosely and with the bitterness of great wrong.
Pardners Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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