Definitions
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- adverb In a
plummy manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Armed with a quick wit and a keen appetite for combat, Mr. Hitchens was in constant demand as a speaker on television, radio and the debating platform, where he held forth in a sonorous, plummily accented voice that seemed at odds with his disheveled appearance.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM GRIMES 2011
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Woodward will achieve nothing by sounding off plummily as if he thinks he only needs to be heard in the Home Counties.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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Woodward will achieve nothing by sounding off plummily as if he thinks he only needs to be heard in the Home Counties.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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Woodward will achieve nothing by sounding off plummily as if he thinks he only needs to be heard in the Home Counties.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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