dissolutely
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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 Howard, Clare
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 Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
"I have seen," says he, "foreign ambassadors in the queen's presence laugh so dissolutely at some rare pastime or sport that hath been made there, that nothing in the world could have worse becomen them."
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy
To "royt" is to go about idly or dissolutely.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
A wisp of hair waves dissolutely across her forehead between her eyes.
From Love Conquers All by Williams, Gluyas
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