dictionary adv.
(US) of speech, elaborately, in a complex, long-winded manner.
Clockmaker (1843) II 101: A great scholar too was Mr. Bobbin, always spoke dictionary, and used heavy artillery words. |
(US) of speech, elaborately, in a complex, long-winded manner.
Clockmaker (1843) II 101: A great scholar too was Mr. Bobbin, always spoke dictionary, and used heavy artillery words. |