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Examples
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His head dropped forward slightly and he stared at one of his knees, poking up bonily from under the covers.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1988
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Already its brow beetled bonily, and above it the skull quickly retreated.
A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988
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Her fingers drummed bonily on the arm of her chair.
The Nursing Home Murder Marsh, Ngaio, 1899-1982 1963
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Even in repose, the undershot jaw was plunged forward, the jowls bonily defined.
Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928
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The bonily awkward body had lengthened and had lost its myriad knobs and angles.
Bruce Albert Payson Terhune 1907
pjbaldes commented on the word bonily
after my cat broke his leg he was not doing so well bonily.
bonily speaking, my cat with the broekn leg was not doing so well.
February 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bonily
In my case, "Uselessness flexed his muscles bonily, and all present were compelled to look away."
February 21, 2007