Definitions
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- adverb In an
Irish way; in a manner characteristic of the Irish people.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I sat in his kitchen while he prattled Irishly and made tea.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Thus dispassionately, and Irishly, he viewed them.
The Way Home 2003
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I sat in his kitchen while he prattled Irishly and made tea.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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I sat in his kitchen while he prattled Irishly and made tea.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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It is only just eight o'clock in the morning, and we have already, in honor of the occasion, beautiful flowers enough to make a hay cock (Irishly speaking).
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Finally, and somewhat Irishly as it was the first game of the round on Friday night, Nigel Clough's return to the City Ground earned Derby a replay after a 1-1 draw.
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I opened the front door of our house (which is Irishly right beside the so-called 'back' door) to a blinding flash that sent me reeling back into the house, dazzled and clutching my eyes.
Irish Blogs 2008
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but I wasn't listening; I was staring at the waves, all green and gooey, all pommes frites, ruinous, insolent, half fractal, sawing like insolvency, Swedishly benevolent and Irishly violent, in whose reflection I saw deciduous shellfish nibbling a fragrant net; fit minnows winnowing a wave; sunfish at worship, contagiously religious.
Staring at Waves Bill Yarrow 2011
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They were Irishly decimated, losing about nine-tenths of their men. [
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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He speaks rather Irishly, but he's a good actor. "
The Cricket Marjorie Benton Cooke 1898
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