Prosily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a prosy manner.
"By what magic could the young student escape the weary old professor, who was prosily proving Time merely a form of thought; a proposition of which, to judge by the little value he appeared to set on the subject of his discourse, he must himself have been fully persuaded?"
Adverb
- 1 in a prosy manner wordnet
Example
More examples"By what magic could the young student escape the weary old professor, who was prosily proving Time merely a form of thought; a proposition of which, to judge by the little value he appeared to set on the subject of his discourse, he must himself have been fully persuaded?"
Etymology
From prosy + -ly.