Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tropical or figurative manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.
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- adverb In a
tropical manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a tropical manner
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Examples
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Imagine, for instance, living in the state of Michoacan which includes the somewhat cosmopolitan city of Morelia, the architecturally stunning but backwater historic town of Pátzcuaro, the rough hewn but tropically intriguing Uruápan and a primitive interior between these places and the coast emulating the movie Deliverence - a violent and challenging and uninviting place of suspicious backwater villages and isolated incestuous enclaves.
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After the almost clinical coldness of the recent snow and hard frosts, the rich, dank smell of the leaf litter seemed almost tropically exotic.
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Whether you're hip, traditional, tropically inclined or looking to make a splash, find a penguin suit to suit you.
Which Tux Are You? 2010
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The manufacturer's site includes drink recipes and a party planner featuring coconut croquet, lime pitch and putt golf, and other tropically inspired activities for which imbibing a cocktail or two likely won't be much of a hindrance.
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Most depict tropically colorful village or farm scenes painted in the saturated hues of a hot climate, unrelenting sun and humid air intensifying the greens and blues and reds.
Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010
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The humble and tropically ubiquitous coconut, besides producing one of the tastiest cocktail starters out there (mmmm ..... pina coladas!), is one the best package design solutions for a perishable food item ever designed by nature.
Natural Packaging: Coconut Solves Shipping Problems Cheaply and Easily 2010
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The humble and tropically ubiquitous coconut, besides producing one of the tastiest cocktail starters out there (mmmm ..... pina coladas!), is one the best package design solutions ...
Natural Packaging: Coconut Solves Shipping Problems Cheaply and Easily 2010
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And unlike the bone-chilling downpours that douse New York or Seattle, it remains tropically temperate here.
Suzan Crane: Rainy Days and Jungle Nights Suzan Crane 2010
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The humble and tropically ubiquitous coconut, besides producing one of the tastiest cocktail starters out there (mmmm ..... pina coladas!), is one the best package design solutions for a perishable food item ever designed by nature.
Natural Packaging: Coconut Solves Shipping Problems Cheaply and Easily 2010
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The manufacturer's site includes drink recipes and a party planner featuring coconut croquet, lime pitch and putt golf, and other tropically inspired activities for which imbibing a cocktail or two likely won't be much of a hindrance.
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