Gullishly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a gullish manner.
"Volpone’s second and climactic attempt to seduce Celia is immediately followed by Lady Wouldbe’s deflating visit to the sickbed, when Volpone discovers his own desire not to be gullishly reduced by Lady Wouldbe to the role of a dying man but to live forever in triumphant projections of himself."
Example
More examples"Volpone’s second and climactic attempt to seduce Celia is immediately followed by Lady Wouldbe’s deflating visit to the sickbed, when Volpone discovers his own desire not to be gullishly reduced by Lady Wouldbe to the role of a dying man but to live forever in triumphant projections of himself."
Etymology
From gullish + -ly.
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