apostrophic
- a word derived from apostrophe.
Example Sentences
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Worlds away from its apostrophic weighting in “WE’RE up all night for good FUN.”
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2014
These divertissements were laid to the man's natural peculiarities, those peculiarities which lead him to make apostrophic speeches while he plays a sonata in concert.
From Time Magazine Archive
All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: “Fie on’t! O fie!”
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
I was on the point of changing my tirade into the apostrophic form, and at the same time ordering the man out of my sight, when something in his look influenced me to remain silent.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
As she uttered these apostrophic appeals, she sprang forward, holding the snake far outstretched—as if to give it the opportunity of striking the now terrified man.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
