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aquilinely en · ADV

Etymology

From aquiline + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an aquiline manner; like an eagle.
   • Nosed aquilinely, the skipper is finely Snubbed by a cut from the gay Chasseresse. 1887, C. C. Rhys, “La Chasseresse”, in Minora Carmina, London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, page 69:
   • He was relieved to be greeted by a quietly dressed, aquilinely beautiful woman, whose long dark hair fell freely over her silk-covered shoulders. 1992, Jackson Mac Low, Pieces o’ Six, Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, X, page 53:
   • On the pillow the fair head otherwise so aquilinely reminiscent of old Mendes on his deathbed grew clearer, 1969, Hortense Calisher, The New Yorkers, Boston: Little, Brown, Part 1, Chapter 3, p. 129:

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