Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With high or undue commendation or eulogy.
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- adverb In the form or manner of a
eulogy ; withpraise .
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Examples
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Also she was referred to eulogistically in the papers because of her admirable conduct and there was a proposal to give her a decoration.
Time Regained 2003
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His mother, he told her, had written eulogistically about the visits to Gàradh and had expressed the hope that these would occur often.
My Bones Will Keep Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1977
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In the course of his address the President eloquently and eulogistically referred to the rôle of Russia's allies in the present war.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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The leading newspapers wrote eulogistically of his researches.
Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
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The Hellenistic Jews were led later by the sympathetic attitude of Hecataeus to add to his history spurious chapters, in which he was made to deal more eulogistically with their beliefs and history, and they circulated oracles and poems in the names of fabled seers of prehistoric times -- Orpheus and the Sibyl -- which conveyed some of the religious and moral teachings of Judaism.
Josephus Norman Bentwich 1927
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H.G. Wells has written eulogistically of the book and also of the author's novel, "Capel Sion."
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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He had spoken so eulogistically of the genius of Lord
The Snare Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Upon her going, Mr Poulter presented her with a signed photograph of himself in full war-paint, an eulogistically worded testimonial, also, an honorarium (this was his word) of five shillings.
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Nature became a sacred system, the laws of nature being eulogistically called rational laws, and the necessity of things, because it might be foretold in auguries, being called providence.
The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907
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The papers spoke eulogistically of her goodness of heart, interviewed her on every possible pretext and published portraits of her by the score.
The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life Eugene Walter 1907
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