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beely
adj 1adv 1verb 1
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4ADJ.
planned, possible
BEELY + NOUN
author, enterprise
PREP.
in
ADV.
humanly
Definitions
adj
1
Of, relating to or pertaining to bees; apian.
As for bees, we cannot accuse them of silence, as the peculiar buzzing-sound they make in flying, [...] and which is so very agreeable to our ears when its gentle monotony enlivens the calm of the warm summer air, is, we may hope, a cheerful accompaniment to all beely labours, and as pleasant to those who make it as our voices are to us, […]
With their countenance' spaces / Planned for beely enterprise […]
adv
1
In a beelike manner.
His effort is to come as near 100 percent as is humanly (and beely) possible.
verb
1
Obsolete form of belie.
And were it not that I haue a desire in nothing to beely the author, and lesse will to leaue that which he had wrytten vpon the miserable end [...]
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As for bees, we cannot accuse them of silence, as the peculiar buzzing-sound they make in flying, [...] and which is so very agreeable to our ears when its gentle monotony enlivens the calm of the war
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With their countenance' spaces / Planned for beely enterprise […]
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His effort is to come as near 100 percent as is humanly (and beely) possible.
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And were it not that I haue a desire in nothing to beely the author, and lesse will to leaue that which he had wrytten vpon the miserable end [...]
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