bonnily
- a word derived from bonny.
Example Sentences
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Ay," says Alan, "I wish we were in some force, and this was a battle, we would have bonnily out-manoeuvred them!
In the Cotter's Saturday Night Burns has drawn a beautiful picture of his parents' household, the rest that came at the week's end, and the family worship about the "wee bit ingle, blinkin' bonnily."
From From Chaucer to Tennyson by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
"Blethers an' havers!" cried Fanny, but she blinkit bonnily the while, an' when the tea was weel maskit, she smoored her wrath an' stappit her mooth wi' a bit o' oaten cake.
From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
Bonnily, Belle, bonnily I mind ye—a long-legged, black-maned filly ye were, and the big eyes o' ye, I began to love ye then.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
"Blathers an' havers!" cried Fanny, but she blinkit bonnily the while, an' when the tea was weel maskit, she smoored her wrath an' stappit her mooth wi' a bit o' oaten cake.
From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
