headily

Example Sentences

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In the headily abstract terms by which he functioned, his career can be defined as just that.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

It was a headily exciting time for us all, and cost the UK tax payer a mere £18m for the joy.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2019

Each day’s entry in Julavits’s exquisite diary pitches recklessly and headily into the essay it will become, a meditation on desire, perhaps, or ghosts, or time.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2015

Set in the early 20th century, the production is a headily, effectively Freudian take on the piece.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2015

What vine-outquickening life all creatures sup, Feel, for the air within its sapphire cup How it does leap, and twinkle headily!

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis