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Balmily

adverb
1.
In a mildly insane manner.  Synonyms: daftly, dottily, nuttily, wackily.






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"Balmily" Quotes from Famous Books



... unthinking, inexperienced men— bachelors of course—that every woman, no matter how divinely composed, has in her ichor-flowing veins one drop—"no bigger than a wren's eye"—of Caudle; that Eve herself may now and then have been guilty of a lecture, murmuring it balmily amongst the rose-leaves. It may be so; still, be it our pride never to ...
— Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures • Douglas Jerrold

... Weston: sometimes the Colonel brought his bull-dogs with him, who lay and snorted precisely as if they were doing breathing exercises, too. A general air of joyful mystery and spiritual endeavour blew balmily round them all, and without any doubt the exercises and the deep breathing were extremely ...
— Queen Lucia • E. F. Benson



Words linked to "Balmily" :   nuttily, balmy



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