Example Sentences

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He bestowed a paternal kiss on her brow, and glided doucely away before she could possibly cry again.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles

"Yet aft a ragged cowte's been known To mak a noble aiver; So, ye may doucely fill a throne, For a' their clish-ma-claver."

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

We'll not quarrel yet, you and I. And we'll talk no more at present; when we are both reasonable again, and can discuss this business doucely and decently, as between man and man, we will.

From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.

“Noo, my laddie, let’s hae a’ this bet o’ besness settled doucely.

From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by Fenn, George Manville

Ye Irish lords, ye knights an’ squires, Wha represent our brughs an’ shires, An’ doucely manage our affairs In Parliament, To you a simple Bardie’s prayers Are humbly sent.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert