pursily

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7

Definition of pursily

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a pursy manner:
    “As the General straightened his tall, slight form, his tobacco-lighting accomplished, Duff Green, breathing pursily from a dash of trepidation, could not forbear comment.”
    “Mr Kernan hurried forward, blowing pursily.”
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adv

  1. In a pursy manner:
    “As the General straightened his tall, slight form, his tobacco-lighting accomplished, Duff Green, breathing pursily from a dash of trepidation, could not forbear comment.”
    “Mr Kernan hurried forward, blowing pursily.”
  2. In a pursy manner:
    “She was dressed in a light morning “wrapper,” or robe de chambre, drawn pursily about her waist by a fillet or band, tied in imitation of a rosette in front.”
    “1939, Ellery Queen, “Long Shot” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, No. 75, April 1959, British Edition, p. 28, And, the serious business of her Hollywood gossip column concluded, Miss Paris hung up and turned her lips pursily toward Mr. Queen.”
    “Robert, who had drunk very little, eyed him pursily across the table.”

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Etymology

From pursy + -ly.

Anagrams of pursily

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