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Meanwhile, the Edwards campaign a few minutes ago issued this ratherly oddly worded statement, which would suggest that yesterday's reports of their firing were premature, but also that they are likely to be on a short leash going forward:
John Edwards and the Bloggers: Can This Marriage Be Saved? - Swampland - TIME.com 2007
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Bummed around sunday, monday, then tuesday went swimming then to A-cad after and got ratherly er 'trollied' haha, i like that expression someone in my corridor uses it, hes wicked.
abutterfly Diary Entry abutterfly 2007
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I'm worn out from swimming, which we had to do as slow as possibly possible (seriously, no joke, and i think coachdemon was feeling ratherly ill ...).
abutterfly Diary Entry abutterfly 2003
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It struck him as being a ratherly poorly played performance.
Simon Called Peter Robert Keable 1907
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But looking out on the sea, -- the bay was very loud that day, I remember -- he said in his deep voice, that was like a mellow bell, and trembled ratherly, 'It's not for nothing, Nannie, that the child has the forehead of Napoleon.
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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It was ratherly past a joke to expect me to carry a load of broken stones all the way here, when there was plenty on the spot.
The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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