signally inappropriate methods. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A term that is used signally rather than symbolically. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But Hawke, whose name signally represents the bold, swift, sure character of the man, understood the design, took the risk, avoided the danger, and clutched the prey. From Wordnik.com. [Laperouse] Reference
However, I don't think simply "signally" interest is a crime. From Wordnik.com. [What's the Connection?: Craig's Last List.] Reference
The attempt to manufacture enthusiasm failed signally. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
They think they have succeeded when they have signally failed. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
His power in this direction is signally displayed in his account of 'The. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
If we attempt such purism we must fail signally as constructors and as artists. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
It has signally failed to come up with a single: European Cup winning football club. From Wordnik.com. [MSK Zilina v Chelsea - as it happened] Reference
In the matter of revivals, especially, were not such men signally owned and honored?. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
He accordingly sailed with twelve ships, and was signally serviceable to the Greeks. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Why had it so signally failed with perennial plants and most impressively with trees?. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933] Reference
She had no suspicion as to how Mr. Hammond had so signally failed in this very matter. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
The Pierides were signally defeated, and were transformed by the Muses into singing birds, as. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Hogue, and was so signally beaten that all further thought of an invasion had to be abandoned. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
How signally this process will be accellerated after the first of January, few will yet believe. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
England may regard herself as signally fortunate, if the just penalty of her weakness is already paid. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
If so, I had failed her signally, for I had accepted her commands and gone with her straight to London. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
We find that this is signally true in the case of the two illustrious utopian sceptics I have mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism: Positive and Negative] Reference
The result was signally favorable to American arms and in the highest degree honorable to the Government. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Britain not excepted, succeeded more signally in directing its natural advantages to the promotion of commerce. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
There is a new and signally marked advance in recent years, in the public idea of what constitutes a librarian. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
An operation launched with expectations of a quick, decisive victory has failed signally to accomplish that objective. From Wordnik.com. [The Things We Need to Do Now] Reference
The enemy made a strong effort to drive them away, but failed signally, leaving more than two hundred dead on the field. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
In 1704, Sir George Rooke and Admiral Byng had made several attempts to engage the French fleet, but had signally failed. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
"The Force has been signally honoured by His Royal Highness, and it keenly appreciates the distinction conferred upon it.". From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
It is not to be denied that in measuring his strength against that of these accomplished scholars, he was signally unfortunate. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Few observe how signally the history of Central and South America contradicts the inferences so confidently drawn from the United. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
He may not always think best to reward so signally those who give to him, but he is never unmindful of the humblest gift or giver. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
The rising interest in the subject of woman's education, which so signally marked the recent progress of public sentiment, required. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
To be signally successful at dinner-giving, care to make the talk interesting is as necessary as care in the preparation of viands. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
Lincoln was signally, providentially adapted to be the nation's guide in the struggle which, under his leadership, was brought to a successful conclusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
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