Anglice
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of Anglice
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Anglic ( us ) English ( see Anglic) + -e adv. suffix
Example Sentences
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One of the capi paranze, my boy, no less; and the velvety Johnny a giovano onorato, Anglice, fresher.
From Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Me progressive and the depth of me progressive, And the bathos, Anglice bathos Of me chanting to the Public the song of Simple Enumeration.
From Green Bays. Verses and Parodies by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Four years had elapsed, when a letter, covered with outlandish postmarks, was brought to the young priest--a letter from Anglice.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle
Here were Emile and Anglice and the child, all in one!
From Père Antoine's Date-Palm by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
When a person says he is "gaylie," Anglice, middling, he is understood not to be so well as he would like to be.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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