Vitreously

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a vitreous manner not-comparable

    "The cosmopolitan turned a mild glance upon the speaker, who, now occupying the chair opposite him, sat there purely and coldly radiant as a prism. It seemed as if one could almost hear him vitreously chime and ring."

Example

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"The cosmopolitan turned a mild glance upon the speaker, who, now occupying the chair opposite him, sat there purely and coldly radiant as a prism. It seemed as if one could almost hear him vitreously chime and ring."

Etymology

From vitreous + -ly.

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