Definitions
Etymologies
- ill + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“European companies and institutions have long offered competitions and prizes which support developing artists and this year at the New York City Wine & Food Festival, the five international finalists in illy issimo's AuthentiCity photography competition, in partnership with the School of Visual Arts, will have the opportunity to present their work in front of an American art-going audience.”
The Huffington Post: Fabio Periera: illy issimo Perks Up the Arts
“For 20 years, Italian coffee company illy has been honoring the sipping ritual with its limited-edition, artist-embellished porcelain cups.”
“This week, London- based Anish Kapoor will unveil his platinum-interiored addition to the series, which includes now-sold-out pieces by Jeff Koons and Louise Bourgeois, among others. $90 for two cups, illy.com”
“Illy issimo drinkers are passionate about new cultural and lifestyle experiences," says Illaria Presotto, Marketing Manager at ILKO, illy issimo's parent company.”
The Huffington Post: Fabio Periera: illy issimo Perks Up the Arts
“The work of the five finalists in the AuthentiCity photography contest is on display at the illy issimo Authenticity Lounge from Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10, 2010, at 632 Hudson Street.”
The Huffington Post: Fabio Periera: illy issimo Perks Up the Arts
“It's always great when educational and corporate entities can come together to build new audiences for art," said Charles Traub, chair of the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts. "[We are] well-known for introducing great talent to the world, and our imaginative partnerships with the likes of illy issimo and other community innovators play a vital role in that process.”
The Huffington Post: Fabio Periera: illy issimo Perks Up the Arts
“Carnations showed up regularly in works of art and literature in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries; the fr illy boutonniere-favorite was considered important enough to warrant a mention by Shakespeare ( "Love's Labour's Lost") and a depiction by da Vinci ( "Madonna With the Carnation," 1475, currently hanging in a German museum).”
“Courbertin, who had followed the dates, made a quick calculation, and could but illy conceal his surprise.”
“As a part of the unit, Honest Tea will begin selling several of its brands, such as illy issimo, to the natural marketplace.”
“Poorly planted, by politics, illy attended, by politics, decimated and many times repeatedly decimated by the hostile forces of their environment, a straggling corporal's guard of survivors, they thrust their branches, twisted and distorted, as if writhing in agony, into the air.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘illy’.
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eesome
Includes any intangible conceivable independently of Hom. Sap.
depthless, overspire, unsteady, thitherward, rile, munchable, covet, pastinaceous, mirtle, slonk, tink, inerrarable and 345 more...
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My Modern Job in the Past
Words I come across at work.
Now stripped of most military terms, which have found a new home on the list Historical Military Terms of Interest. See also (and add to!) hilarious misspe...chaise-marine, delft, delftware, quince, tympan, cresset, navvy, venn diagram, poop deck, apothecary, heliotrope, millinery and 294 more...
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Qualfors
ghazal, seanchai, panini, sutra, padma, slesa, sandhi, bihotz, poiotes, illy, vindobona, parapraise and 14 more...
Tweets
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bilby Hand-sucking bears are everywhere today. Nov 2, 2008
fbharjo “Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival�? (Thomas Jefferson). Nov 2, 2008
chained_bear A usage note... re: slavery:
"...the nature of the agriculture of the Northern States of the Union was illy suited to this species of labor..."
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, "Effects of Abolition in the United States," 1858
Now that I think about it, I sure hope this wasn't a transcription mistake by the intern... ;) Mar 7, 2008