Homeric
adjective
of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
Homerically
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a word derived from
Homeric.
Example Sentences
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They include all the tribes of the West, Homerically described: the French trappers who first penetrated the wilderness, mountain men, cattlemen, sheepherders, cutthroats, railroad folk, beet tycoons, actors, industrialists, politicians and, finally, ecologists.
From Time Magazine Archive
I heard many strange anecdotes of Peter Walker at the residence of a retired voyageur, who used to sing him Homerically to his chosen friends.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various
This is Homerically plentiful, and varied sufficiently to suit the tastes of all such as are accustomed to the vicissitudes of travelling.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
Afterward, he went for Doctor Williams, deriding himself Homerically for playing the second act in the drama of the Good Samaritan, but playing it, none the less.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
So when we had recognized the advantage of our position, we began to me-ouw Homerically, so that Whisky and his family might be accused and convicted in our stead.
From Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools by Emilie Kip Baker
