Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a starchy manner; with stiffness of manner; formally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a starched or starch manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
starched orstarchy manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Renownedly prudish, starchly asexual and well known to be no fan of Logan, her support lent all the more gravity for its apparent incongruity.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Renownedly prudish, starchly asexual and well known to be no fan of Logan, her support lent all the more gravity for its apparent incongruity.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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He was dressed in a starchly pressed white housecoat and black slacks, and Layne felt nostalgia stalking her as she remembered her last stay at the Princeton.
Heart Of The Tiger McKenna, Lindsay 1990
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"I hope she'll never love any man till she's married to him; it is not proper, John," said Mrs. Avenel, somewhat starchly, though very mildly.
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"I hope she'll never love any man till she's married to him; it is not proper, John," said Mrs. Avenel, somewhat starchly, though very mildly.
My Novel — Volume 11 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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