dissolutely
Americanadverb
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It had the negative value of providing artificial trials for young gentlemen with patrimony and no occupation who might otherwise be living idly on their country estates, or dissolutely in London.
From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Clare Howard
He shrugged himself free from my grasp and turned away; his nervous fingers plucked unconsciously at his evening tie until it was loosened and the ends hung dissolutely over his shirt front.
From Jaffery by William John Locke
A wisp of hair waves dissolutely across her forehead between her eyes.
From Love Conquers All by Gluyas Williams
He had no one to take care of his linen, he would not live dissolutely like other young men, and he loved Constance Weber.
From The Great German Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
To "royt" is to go about idly or dissolutely.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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