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- adjective Of or pertaining to Oscar Wilde (1854-1900),
Irish playwright andpoet , or his writings.
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Examples
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Nearly Wildean is his offhand observation, “Like many lazy people, once I started working I could not stop; perhaps that is why we avoid it.”
Arrested Development 2008
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I promised prizes for those who tweeted the best original or made up Wildean remarks or posted pictures of themselves or others in Wildean poses.
Twittering Wilde The Nag 2008
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Nearly Wildean is his offhand observation, “Like many lazy people, once I started working I could not stop; perhaps that is why we avoid it.”
Arrested Development 2008
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I promised prizes for those who tweeted the best original or made up Wildean remarks or posted pictures of themselves or others in Wildean poses.
Archive 2008-12-01 The Nag 2008
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His thoughts on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, a picture of a parrot, a call for charity in Sri Lanka, Stephen in a balloon hat, all mixed in with his Wildean wit: Streets of London fantastically full of young people.
How Twitter has become the people's voice on the eve of its fifth birthday 2011
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Looking forward to your Wildean response. on October 4, 2009 at 8: 29 am | Reply dickiebo
IPCC To Investigate Barwell Deaths « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Cornered in a bush, the miscreant came over all Wildean.
Diary Hugh Muir 2010
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He is not the hero of the piece — this is the more Wildean figure of Lord Goring Elliot Cowan, dandy and ne ' er-do-well heir to an earldom, who oddly turns out to embody the conscience of the play.
Lessons in Modern Morality Paul Levy 2010
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The wealthy Colin is a Wildean creature destined to extreme behaviours; Andy is the quintessential Canadian dream — - a solid middle-class kid with hockey skills.
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Instead of rising to the bait, notwithstanding your Wildean riposte where you called him a git back, Marukun patiently provided via the Independent, numerous examples where Cameron blatantly misled the people over absolutely fundamental principles of social spending.
New poll casts doubt on whether Britain wants to be a 'big society' 2010
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