Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a puffing manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.
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- adjective In a
puffing manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'm deeply, honestly, heart puffingly pleased with it.
To da PIMPS 2006
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David chuckled, gurgled, and puffingly mounted higher.
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"This here business is something that can be settled without any row, Mr. Hammond -- if that's your name," said the officer, puffingly.
Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Alice B. Emerson
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Himself stooped puffingly to pick up the segregated sack.
The Enormous Room 1928
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Lance Darby, a fair-haired, rosy-cheeked lad, who was Chet's particular chum, was ahead and he came, puffingly, to a stop just before Laura.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize 1914
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Every time he halted, the better to trim some detail of the load, or puffingly to mop the greasy flow of perspiration, he furtively surveyed all the corners of the horizon and scrutinized the edges of the wood.
Under Fire: the story of a squad Henri Barbusse 1904
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Antoine, who toiled puffingly, Jacques, who stepped daintily and seemed fearful of treading on stones and briars, and last of all François, who moved at a measured pace, with long strides, retaining his air of profound meditation.
An Enemy to the King Robert Neilson Stephens 1886
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I’m deeply, honestly, heart puffingly pleased with it.
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