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Lyly

NOUN
  1. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606)

How To Use Lyly In A Sentence

  • He is full of little jokes, poshly spoken but slyly funny, indiscreet and competitive too. Times, Sunday Times
  • “Delight Higgins,” Slyly Silas said as he pushed aside the dusty yellow cretonne curtain that separated his business from his house and entered the office. City of Glory
  • And then there are those who slyly attempt to make the commentator swear. Times, Sunday Times
  • Neil sipped slyly at the communion wine, thinking of the violent Norse heroines Trudi had described to him. RUSHING TO PARADISE
  • He uses extremely creative images of the devil and demons in order to slyly subvert our expectations.
  • To amplify actin binding, we chose polylysine-coated polystyrene particles (PLY-PS), which directly nucleate actin filaments from their surfaces.
  • While the title character holds up a big VHS tape, you can grin slyly, knowing that you're watching this film on glorious DVD.
  • Moreover, Lyly's preoccupation with mistaken identity may have influenced Shakespeare.
  • Like Hoagy Carmichael, the composer of "Georgia on My Mind," Ray Charles had a natural affinity for the lie of the land: his voice could embrace the purple-mountained uplift of "America the Beautiful" and ramble slyly through back roads and shantytowns, too. The Lord’s Music and the Devil’s Words
  • In contrast to the dignified silence from the other side, even slyly whispered accusations are magnified to sound deafeningly crass.
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