splenetic
adjective
of the spleen; splenic.
splenetically
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a word derived from
splenetic.
Example Sentences
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Another standout in the main slate is “Synonyms,” a furious, at times splenetically funny squirm-a-thon from the Israeli director Nadav Lapid, which snared top honors at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
On the other, it's splenetically funny enough that such concerns are usually forgotten.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2011
With the post of Prime Minister in his reach, Kitchen gave a splenetically injudicious "twenty-five-minute speech and a fifteen-second interview" that blasted his career.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adrian is equally deft in delivering James I's diatribe on the evils of tobacco with splenetically amusing Scots ire.
From Time Magazine Archive
His face was a striking one; the forehead was high and intellectual, the nose prominent and somewhat hooked, the eyes were dark and deep, and gleamed splenetically from under the shaggy and prominent brows.
From By Veldt and Kopje by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
