Lyly

American  

[lil-ee] / ˈlɪl i /

noun

1. John, 1554?–1606, English writer of romances and plays.

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Lyly British  

/ ˈlɪlɪ /

noun

1. John. ?1554–1606, English dramatist and novelist, noted for his two romances, Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and his England (1580), written in an elaborate style See also euphuism

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Example Sentences

Her mum, Lyly, got together with a new partner and life at home became a little more chaotic: parties at night, arguments among the family.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2019

Shakespeare’s relative vocabulary size came out exactly in the middle — with John Webster at the top and Shakespeare ensconced between Robert Greene and John Lyly.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2015

Huxley acknowledges the extreme unlikelihood of Ros ever having read Lyly but is nonetheless struck by the strange resemblance in their approaches to language.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2013

Lyly Mangoto Bukolo, a woman from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sifted through an envelope of documents in her purse and held out a letter from a community health center.

From Newsweek

He had, therefore, many rivals and imitators who were thus only second-hand disciples of Lyly.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.