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from The Century Dictionary.
- In a plethoric manner; with plethora.
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Examples
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Nevertheless, so pregnant is life with evil as with good; to such height in an age rich, plethorically overgrown with means, can means be accumulated in the wrong place, and immeasurably aggravate wrong tendencies, instead of righting them, this sad and strange result may actually turn out to have been realized.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 Various
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This was at a time when Lamb was “not plethorically abounding in cash.”
Charles Lamb Cornwall, Barry 1866
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Institution plethorically says to itself, Take thy ease, thou hast goods laid up; -- like the fool of the Gospel, to whom it was answered, Fool, this night thy life shall be required of thee!
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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This was at a time when Lamb was "not plethorically abounding in cash."
Charles Lamb Barry Cornwall 1830
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I am not plethorically abounding in Cash at this present.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
jaime_d commented on the word plethorically
from Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution
March 6, 2011
bilby commented on the word plethorically
With plethora!
December 17, 2018