pantomimically
- a word derived from pantomime.
Example Sentences
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No, I cry your pardon, I was forgetting the spectacles—a pantomimically large pair of azure barnacles, which came in partly to temper what was rather too fierce in the bearing of our hero.
From Tartarin of Tarascon by Daudet, Alphonse
Hitherto the scene between the Spectre and the traveller had been played pantomimically; the action now became dramatic.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
They repeated their dance and then knocked at the door of the nearest house and begged pantomimically for money, but as it was washing day they were refused.
From The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza by Fitzgerald, S. J. Adair
The officer takes my passport to the yamen, and ere leaving the room, pantomimically advises me to go to sleep again.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
She was very warmly greeted, and went through all the gestures of the part; played it, in short, pantomimically.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.
