miscellaneous
adjective
consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character.
miscellaneously
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a word derived from
miscellaneous.
Example Sentences
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Few newscasters have been so miscellaneously sponsored as sad-eyed, boot-nosed Gabriel Heatter.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Orchid is a thoughtful plant—it loves the lordly hot-house, And naturally reprobates poor gilliflowers as "pot-house;" 'Tis rich, exotic, somewhat miscellaneously florid; The rough herbaceous annuals it vulgar deems, and horrid.
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892 by Various
Several tables and benches were strewn miscellaneously about the floor, in the centre of which stood a large double iron stove, with the word "Carron" stamped on it.
From The Young Fur Traders by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Harry was in front somewhere flanked in like wise, and the other children lay in miscellaneously between, like sardines when you have first opened the box.
From If, Yes and Perhaps Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact by Edward Everett Hale
Multi-coloured diligences were packed with people and luggage—the people often more miscellaneously packed than the luggage, clinging on behind, squashed in the middle, sprawling on the top.
From A Tramp's Sketches by Stephen Graham
