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

  • 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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