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Examples
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Do not expect me to show like that undertakerly tree till my years are one hundred.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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He sees my grief, and assumes an undertakerly air, with some notion of acting in concert, one supposes little imagining how I revolt from that crape-hatband formalism of sorrow!
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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He stopped till the applicants descended the steps, with the voice of the voter ringing contempt as well as refusal in their ears; then continued: 'You introduced me neck and heels to that undertakerly old Tomlinson, of Wingham's Institute; you might have given me a chance with that Miss -- Miss Denham, was it?
Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Do not expect me to show like that undertakerly tree till my years are one hundred.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He stopped till the applicants descended the steps, with the voice of the voter ringing contempt as well as refusal in their ears; then continued: 'You introduced me neck and heels to that undertakerly old Tomlinson, of Wingham's Institute; you might have given me a chance with that Miss -- Miss Denham, was it?
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He sees my grief, and assumes an undertakerly air, with some notion of acting in concert, one supposes little imagining how I revolt from that crape-hatband formalism of sorrow!
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He stopped till the applicants descended the steps, with the voice of the voter ringing contempt as well as refusal in their ears; then continued: 'You introduced me neck and heels to that undertakerly old Tomlinson, of Wingham's Institute; you might have given me a chance with that Miss -- Miss Denham, was it?
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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He sees my grief, and assumes an undertakerly air, with some notion of acting in concert, one supposes little imagining how I revolt from that crape-hatband formalism of sorrow!
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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Do not expect me to show like that undertakerly tree till my years are one hundred.
The Tragic Comedians — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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