sphery
Americanadjective
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having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
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pertaining to or resembling a heavenly body; starlike.
adjective
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resembling a sphere
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resembling a celestial body or bodies; starlike
Etymology
Origin of sphery
Example Sentences
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Go, let music Charm with her excellent voice an awful silence Through all this building, that her sphery soul May, on the wings of air, in thousand forms Invisibly fly, yet be enjoyed.
From The Age of Shakespeare by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Here it is:— A dazzling fiery show of sphery rainbows, Whereof each wonder, monarch of a moment, Yields up its glory to the next one's splendour, And sadly sinks into the arms of darkness.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
He not less will croak and croak As he ever caws and caws, Till the starry dance he broke, Till the sphery pæan pause, And the universal chime Falter out of tune and time.
From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William
Aye, 'bove the withering of old-lipp'd Fate A thousand Powers keep religious state,30 In water, fiery realm, and airy bourne; And, silent as a consecrated urn, Hold sphery sessions for a season due.
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John
She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
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