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The first is Olympian, polymathic, erudite, antically funny, often beautiful, at times gross, at others incredibly romantic, never afraid to challenge or even confound, and unmistakably worked at.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

The maverick voices of some authors are antically evident right from the start.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2021

No, the questions and possibilities raised by this new feature-length cartoon — antically directed by Chris Renaud and his co-director, Yarrow Cheney — are too deep and perplexing to be discussed in such crass commercial terms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2016

Certainly Poppy, the antically joyful heroine of “Happy-Go-Lucky,” was a radically free spirit, almost violent in her expressions of good feeling.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2010

Perpetua folded her arms in silence as Lycabetta descended the steps, but Robert danced up to the Neapolitan antically.

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)