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Definition of "umbrageously" []

  • In an umbrageous manner.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "umbrageously" in a sentence
  • "How perfect is the verdure -- how rich the blossoming shrubberies that screen with verdurous walls from the possibility of intrusion, whilst by their own wandering line of distribution they shape and umbrageously embay, what one might call lawny saloons and vestibules -- sylvan galleries and closets."
  • "Such applications, especially on this continent, are so astounding -- they spread themselves so largely and umbrageously before the public eye -- that they often shut out from view those workers who are engaged in the quieter and profounder business of original investigation."
  • "And wide out-flings, like mighty wings, its arms umbrageously."