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lordfully en · ADV

Etymology

From lordful + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a lordful manner
   • They have said boldly and lordfully, " Here we stand, the offspring of the by gone time, an oak here and a mushroom there, and as long as we can each count one, you shall have no good thing either with us or without us." 1843, Thomas Perronet Thompson, Exercises, political and others - Page 185:
   • In a very real sense, then, George lordfully creates the troubles for which Lennie will himself be blamed and punished—though he only obeys his master's vengeful voice. 2009, Michael J. Meyer, The Essential Criticism of John Steinbeck's of Mice and Men:

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