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During dinner he talked in self-defence, flurriedly, about his enemy, pointing vaguely to this man or to that, and watching keenly for some droop of disdain about Doris's lips.

From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Delicate little blue butterflies rose flurriedly from the short grass, flirted with each other a while, and then mounted into a yet bluer sky in airy wheels and irresponsible balancings.

From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

“Which way do you go home by?” said the Dutchman, somewhat flurriedly.

From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram

It was in the tenth month of this idyl of the lonely man and the lonely child that Mrs. Root flurriedly entered the library of Chillingsworth, where Orth happened to be alone.

From The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

"Perhaps I should say three hours, my Lord," added Spicer, flurriedly; and Beecher turned away with a slight curl on his lip, as though to say, "The conflict was not a very long one."

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James