oriental
adjective
Usually Oriental
orientally
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a word derived from
oriental.
Example Sentences
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Kuniyoshi made his reputation in the 1920s with relatively cheerful designs featuring plump ladies in swimming, cows, babies and trapeze artists fitted together in orientally flat, bird's-eye perspectives.
From Time Magazine Archive
When an especially handsome guest entered his orientally furnished, book-lined labyrinth in the old Greek quarter of Alexandria, Cavafy would light an extra candle in silent tribute.
From Time Magazine Archive
He reminded me a good deal of our old pirate and bandit friend, Trelawney, though the latter was an almost orientally dark-complexioned man, and Mr. Bret Harte was comparatively fair.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Henry Childs Merwin
While the air of it was orientally catchy, it was chanted slowly, almost monotonously, but it was quickly provocative of excitement to the spectators: "Jong-Keena, Jong-Keena, Jong-Jong, Keena-Keena, Yo-ko-ham-a, Nag-a-sak-i, Kobe-mar-o—hoy!!!"
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
I was standing on one of the hills as they wound their way round it; I was never struck with anything so much, nor have I ever seen anything so orientally military before.
From Campaign of the Indus by T.W.E. Holdsworth
