majestically

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He bowed majestically, and was turning towards the door when it was hastily opened and a lady appeared frantically in the aperture.

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  • Slowly, majestically, the gulls rose, with Iris dangling beneath them. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
  • The Lama led the way out of the room with his skirts swinging majestically, and Ommony brought up the rear, aware that the danger was by no means over. —  OM: The Secret of Ahbor Valley
  • At this startling, awful peal of thunder, the dying man suddenly raised his head from Huttenbrenner's arm, stretched out his own right arm majestically--like a general giving orders to an army. —  Beethoven: the Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words
  • Slowly, majestically, the great red ball dropped behind the Camden hills, leaving a trail of splendor behind; and in the little village of Belfast lights glimmered and flickered Seems almost as if they were saying, 'Come down! —  Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
  • It went along slowly and majestically, and sometimes it seemed to come eddying back to kiss the bank at his feet. —  Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country
 

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