pursilyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

pursy +‎ -ly

副詞

pursily (comparative more pursily, superlative most pursily)

1. In a pursy manner:
   1. Out of breath, breathlessly.
      • 1903, Alfred Henry Lewis, Peggy O’Neal, Philadelphia: Drexel Biddle, Chapter 2, p. 52,^[1]

        As the General straightened his tall, slight form, his tobacco-lighting accomplished, Duff Green, breathing pursily from a dash of trepidation, could not forbear comment.

      • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, London: Egoist Press, p. 231,^[2]

        Mr Kernan hurried forward, blowing pursily.

   2. In a puckered manner.
      • 1867, Daniel Crowberry, North of the Tweed, London: T. Cautley Newby, Volume 1, Chapter 12, p. 153,^[3]

        She was dressed in a light morning “wrapper,” or robe de chambre, drawn pursily about her waist by a fillet or band, tied in imitation of a rosette in front.

      • 1939, Ellery Queen, “Long Shot” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, No. 75, April 1959, British Edition, p. 28,^[4]

        And, the serious business of her Hollywood gossip column concluded, Miss Paris hung up and turned her lips pursily toward Mr. Queen.

      • 2000, James Fleming, The Temple of Optimism, New York: Hyperion, Chapter Nineteen, p. 202,^[5]

        Robert, who had drunk very little, eyed him pursily across the table.

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