bilious
adjective
relating to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
biliously
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a word derived from
bilious.
Example Sentences
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A Married Woman” is Godard’s response to her infidelity, and it’s a biliously, sardonically satirical film that channels his pain into wrath and derision.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2015
It is also a biliously funny play and the casting of Simon Russell Beale as Roote ensures that the laughs come thick and fast.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2013
And in a biliously funny later scene we see a benign, New York liberal being conned by Jim's financial conniving and offering John everything but his freedom.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2013
Yet it was also true that many, many Americans still looked first to themselves, then biliously at the rest of the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those who view Africa biliously compare them with hearse-plumes; I find in them a peculiar individuality and likeness to humankind.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
