This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...with an air of melancholy, in a merry fit. Sound: --Sonorously, loudly, vociferously, quietly, silently, stilly, noiselessly, inaudibly, obstreperously, boisterously, clamorously, harmoniously, tunefully, melodiously, discordantly, jarringly, gratingly. At the top of one's voice, with a loud shout, in full cry, with ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...with an air of melancholy, in a merry fit. Sound: --Sonorously, loudly, vociferously, quietly, silently, stilly, noiselessly, inaudibly, obstreperously, boisterously, clamorously, harmoniously, tunefully, melodiously, discordantly, jarringly, gratingly. At the top of one's voice, with a loud shout, in full cry, with jarring sound, in rough accents, with loud acclaim, with a wild whoop, in a stage whisper, in winning tones, with a soft cadence, in tune, out of tune, in a high key, at a different pitch. ADVERBIAL PHRASES. 87 Speech: --Explicitly, distinctly, intelligibly, literally, lucidly, plainly, learnedly, expressively, simply, legibly, obviously, truly, openly, publicly, graphically, metaphorically, figuratively, drily, infallibly, pointedly, obscurely, vaguely, ambiguously, abstrusely, falsely, inexplicably, dogmatically, diplomatically, evasively, deoeptively, hypocritically. In plain terms, in honest truth, in dark hints, in mysterious oracles, with learned phrase, with effective elocution, in affected language, in sportive vein, 'in King Cambyses' vein, ' with artless eloquence, with great tact. The above list shows that adverbs are nearly all derived from Adjectives, by adding the syllable ly: --plain, plainly. Hence these examples also furnish corresponding Adjectives. On the other hand, the classes of Adjectives of Quality (p. 64) furnish corresponding Adverbs. Although all. Adjectives cannot be changed into Adverbs, a good many can. 10. The Adverbial phrase sometimes appears with the preposition dropt: --they rode home; he was out all day. These are abbreviated expressions for--towards home, during all the day. It is in such cases that Nouns are said to he used as Adverbs. 11. Adverbial Clauses are extensively used in place of adverbs: --tarry till I ...
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