dilettantishly
dilettantishly adverb: in a dilettantish manner.
Adverb
dilettantishly (comparative more dilettantishly, superlative most dilettantishly)
- In a dilettantish manner.
- Horace Walpole dilettantishly, Sir Joshua Reynolds professionally, Blake prophetically, Gilpin in the manner (not the bad manner) of the gifted amateur, and devoting himself chiefly to “the picturesque” in nature, had occupied themselves with it in the eighteenth.1907, George Saintsbury, “English and French—Periodical Literature—Criticism and Essay-Writing”, in The Later Nineteenth Century (Periods of European Literature; volume XII), Edinburgh; London...
- Moreover, communism will lead to an unusual amount of quarrelling; those who work faithfully will feel aggrieved when they see that those who work dilettantishly receive and consume a full portion.1922, Emory S. Bogardus, “Aristotle and Grecian Social Thought”, in A History of Social Thought, Los Angeles, Calif.: University of Southern California Press, page 103
Examples of dilettantishly in a sentence
- Superficially, of course, the art of this musician, so airy and dilettantishly brilliant, has little affair with the French State.1922, Paul Rosenfeld, “Musical Chronicle”, in The Dial, page 228:
- Certain ministers and church agencies have caught glimmers of these implications, and have entered this field,—timidly, daintily, dilettantishly.1922 August 3, “Editorial”, in The Christian Century: An Undenominational Journal of Religion, volume XXXIX, number 31, Chicago, Ill....
Forms of dilettantishly
| comparative | more dilettantishly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dilettantishly |
| alternative form | dilettanteishly |
Origin of dilettantishly
From dilettantish + -ly.
Questions about dilettantishly
- What does dilettantishly mean?
- Dilettantishly means in a dilettantish manner.
- How do you use dilettantishly in a sentence?
- Superficially, of course, the art of this musician, so airy and dilettantishly brilliant, has little affair with the French State.
- What part of speech is dilettantishly?
- Dilettantishly is an adverb.
Words near dilettantishly in the dictionary
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