This proverbially bitter plant, wormwood. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : proverbial brevity. ,proverbial wisdom. ,proverbial sayings. ,the proverbial barn door which is closed too late. ,your proverbial inability to get anywhere on time. From Dictionary.com.
She was at that time so beautiful, that she was called proverbially, "La belle Bretonne," and by the English the. From Wordnik.com. [Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical] Reference
But reprints of old books are proverbially open to error. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
Mr. Gentle Gammon opened his case in his proverbially gentle tones. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
Valeria might scoff, as those proverbially did who never felt a wound. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
The lowest grade of all in the service is proverbially the most dependable. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
What is termed "art dress," proverbially bad, well deserves its reputation. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Lovers are proverbially discontented in the adverse conditions of separation. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The most proverbially suspicious of all birds is here familiar and confiding. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
Karan was a proverbially charitable king, and all his family had the same virtue. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
And here, we presume, is to be found the reason of the proverbially severe laws of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
The world thinks we idealize our friend, and tells us that love is proverbially blind. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
New converts are proverbially bitter and unfair towards those they have recently left. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
And so great is the power of habit that it is proverbially spoken of as "second nature.". From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
The horse, in like manner, is proverbially sagacious in the application of his knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
The Dhimars are proverbially of a cheerful disposition, though simple and easily cheated. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
The two were inventors and proverbially poor business men, though they had amassed a fortune. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference
In fact, Ernest's life really is all about a good walk in the park, and not proverbially speaking. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Munson: Dog Fog] Reference
Russia, too, is proverbially slow, if for no other reason than by virtue of her ponderous numbers. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
The impressions there made upon him in his young and growing life are proverbially deep and abiding. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The proverbially slow paced snail moves two thousand times faster than the growing point of a plant. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
Young men with a pen in their hands are proverbially indiscreet, and in this instance I was no exception. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Whereas the family portrait is for show, here we have that which proverbially in secret has been cherished. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
The movement of growth is two thousand times less rapid than the place of the proverbially slow-footed snail. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
Donkeys are proverbially obstinate animals, and Mrs. Henchman's this afternoon proved no exception to the rule. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
Great bodies are proverbially slow in their movements, and in this regard all governments seem to be great bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
In the larger enterprises older men are proverbially less speculative, more conservative, less venturesome than the young. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
The passage is proverbially comfortless, -- through the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, across the Bay of Bengal, through the Straits of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
When it appeared, it was fat and full, and Gavin stole a wistful glance; for, in Scotland, colonial pocketbooks are proverbially plump. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
We camped beside the little hotel, and the next morning were for the first time permitted to enjoy a sample of the proverbially generous. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
Those who encumber the ground remain longest upon it, and the person in receipt of a large annuity or pension is proverbially long-lived. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The cares of proprietorship must necessarily interfere with the lightness of heart once proverbially characteristic of the French peasant. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
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