donnishlyadv.
/ˈdɒnɪʃli/ In a donnish manner.
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donnishlya1913
a1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) xvi. 163 Conversation spluttered donnishly.
1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island vii. 76 Mr. Thinkwell signed to him, donnishly, with his hand, to stop talking.
1954 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 Nov. 6 Pater's treatment..flirted donnishly with pagan graces.
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adv.a1913- you can't keep a good man down
- you can't polish a turd
- you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter
- you can't take it with you
- you can't talk!
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't think
- you can't win
- you can't win them all
- you cannot fly with one wing
- you could cut something with a knife
- you could cut with a knife
- you could have fooled me
- you could have heard a pin drop
- you could have heard a pin fall
- you could have knocked me down with a feather
- you could have knocked me etc down with a feather
- you dancer
- you do the math
- you don't happen to
- you don't mean to say
- you don't mean to to tell me
- you don't play that
- you don't play that shit
- you don't say