douce
adjective
sedate; modest; quiet.
doucely
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a word derived from
douce.
Example Sentences
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"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 Alexander Hislop
An' day an' nicht, frae daw to daw, Dink an' perjink an' doucely braw, Wi' a kind o' Gospel ower a', May or October, Like Peden, followin' the Law An' no that sober.
From New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
Ye mind what he said o' Prince Geordie: 'Yet mony a ragged cowte's been known To mak a noble aiver; And ye may doucely fill a throne, For a' their clishmaclaver.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
George the Fort' didna fill the throne verra doucely for a' their clishmaclaver, and I don't think young Gourlay'll fill the pulpit verra doucely for a' ours.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
He bestowed a paternal kiss on her brow, and glided doucely away before she could possibly cry again.
From A Simpleton by Charles Reade
