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augustly

augustly adverb: in an august or awe-inspiring manner.

Adverb

augustly (comparative more augustly, superlative most augustly)

  1. In an august or awe-inspiring manner.
    • For surely, sir, you will not assert, that a duty can be binding which is not founded on reason? If, indeed, this be their destination, arguments may be drawn from reason; and thus augustly supported, the more understanding women acquire, the more they will be attached to their duty, comprehending...1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
    • St. Mark’s is perfect. To me it soon grew to be so nobly, so augustly ugly, that it was difficult to stay away from it, even for a little while.1880, Mark Twain, chapter 49, in A Tramp Abroad
  2. In a royal or regal manner.
    • On His Majesty's arrival, the wine was respectfully presented to him, when the Sovereign sang augustly, saying: ...1925, Graham Martyr, Dai Nihon, page 189
    • But wait until the Honorable Ma Chun-shing arrives and you shall see that I am augustly disposed to consent to your marriage.1941, Alfred Kreymborg, Poetic Drama

Examples of augustly in a sentence

  • Deliberately, almost ‘augustly,’ the gowned and mortar-boarded figures followed one another through the great red turnstile and filed into the chamber beyond.1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 18, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
  • Our First Ancestor At Kyǒnghŭng resided, And his royal work He augustly began.2000, James Hoyt, Soaring Phoenixes and Prancing Dragons:
  • We have reigned Augustly; let our part be so sustained That Time, far hence, shall hold our memory dear !2010, W. Watson, The Poems Of William Watson, →ISBN, page 63:
  • The Heavenly Sovereign made a progress to the abode of I-suke-yori-hime, and augustly slept (there) one night.2014, Kurt Singer, The Life of Ancient Japan, →ISBN:

Forms of augustly

comparativemore augustly
superlativemost augustly

Origin of augustly

From august + -ly.

Questions about augustly

What does augustly mean?
Augustly means in an august or awe-inspiring manner.
How do you use augustly in a sentence?
Deliberately, almost ‘augustly,’ the gowned and mortar-boarded figures followed one another through the great red turnstile and filed into the chamber beyond.
What part of speech is augustly?
Augustly is an adverb.

Words near augustly in the dictionary

  1. Augustinianism
  2. Augustinians
  3. Augustinians of the Assumption
  4. Augustinism
  5. Augustins
  6. augustly
  7. augustness
  8. augustnesses
  9. augusts
  10. Augustus
  11. Augusty

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