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- adjective Of or showing characteristics (stereo)typical of
anglophilia or ananglophile .
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Examples
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Those of a less Anglophilic bent can call it the Harvard comma — although as a loyal Princetonian I would never sully my reputation by doing so.
The serial, Harvard, or Oxford comma « Motivated Grammar 2008
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I'm glad it's not just me, Nina -- I was afraid I had been possessed by the spirits of my Anglophilic HB forebears.
Not since . . . Roger Sutton 2008
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Do I actually use semicolons, as opposed to simply thinking of myself as a subtle, Anglophilic stylist?
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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I'm especially curious what my Anglophilic colleague Mike Smith has to say.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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After I acknowledged in an earlier column that I have Anglophilic literary tastes, several readers asked which British writers I liked best.
The Best British Authors Cynthia Crossen 2010
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Do I actually use semicolons, as opposed to simply thinking of myself as a subtle, Anglophilic stylist?
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Those of a less Anglophilic bent can call it the Harvard comma — although as a loyal Princetonian I would never sully my reputation by doing so.
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Maggie Wadey, who adapted the novel, and director Philip Saville add subtle shadings to "MT's" usual Anglophilic scenery.
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As writings in the magazine identified the problem of Anglophilic texts and justified the need for national literature, the
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It's not the sort of movie one expects from Stephen Frears, who's made a fine career ( "My Beautiful Laundrette," "Dirty Pretty Things") rebelling against this sort of cozily Anglophilic entertainment.
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