Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.
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- adverb In a
heady manner.
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Examples
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I simply had no idea that such a headily-scented plant could suddenly produce fruit like this in the autumn.
Hedge Fund Peter Ashley 2008
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We don't find out the truth about Eric's Iraq experience until the final three chapters, which are headily Conradian in their willingness to confront the very heart of darkness.
Anis Shivani: The Tangled Roots of the Terror Psychology: J. Robert Lennon's Novel "Castle" 2009
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With its headily urban recasting of the myth, it was given even more splendour by leading you out onto Waterloo Bridge: one of my favourite views in London, especially very early in the morning.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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With its headily urban recasting of the myth, it was given even more splendour by leading you out onto Waterloo Bridge: one of my favourite views in London, especially very early in the morning.
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The story is played out in a succession of vividly coloured, headily intense visuals which are often far more revealing than the dialogue.
Archive 2009-06-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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With its headily urban recasting of the myth, it was given even more splendour by leading you out onto Waterloo Bridge: one of my favourite views in London, especially very early in the morning.
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The story is played out in a succession of vividly coloured, headily intense visuals which are often far more revealing than the dialogue.
Duel in the Sun (1946) elena maria vidal 2009
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Craigengelt had his own purposes in fooling him up to the top of his bent; and having some low humour, much impudence, and the power of singing a good song, understanding besides thoroughly the disposition of his regained associate, he headily succeeded in involving him bumper-deep in the festivity of the meeting.
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The Separation is an excellent, headily atmospheric novel that forces the reader to think about what they are reading carefully.
Archive 2008-03-01 Adam Whitehead 2008
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The Separation is an excellent, headily atmospheric novel that forces the reader to think about what they are reading carefully.
Wertzone Classics: The Separation by Christopher Priest Adam Whitehead 2008
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