Definitions For Pursily

Adverb

{{en-adv}} In a pursy manner: out of breath, out of breath, breathlessly. 1903, {{w, Alfred Henry Lewis}}, Peggy O’Neal, Philadelphia: Drexel Biddle, Chapter 2, p. 52, : As the General straightened his tall, slight form, his tobacco-lighting accomplished, Duff Green, breathing pursily from a dash of trepidation, could not forbear comment. 1922, {{w, James Joyce}}, {{w, Ulysses (novel), Ulysses}}, London: Egoist Press, p. 231, : Mr Kernan hurried forward, blowing pursily. In a puckered manner. 1867, Daniel Crowberry, North of the Tweed, London: T. Cautley Newby, Volume 1, Chapter 12, p. 153, : She was dressed in a light morning “wrapper,” or robe de chambre, drawn pursily about her waist by a fillet or band, tied in imitation of a rosette in front. 1939, {{w, Ellery Queen}}, “Long Shot” in {{w, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine}}, No. 75, April 1959, British Edition, p. 28, : And, the serious business of her Hollywood gossip column concluded, Miss Paris hung up and turned her lips pursily toward Mr. Queen. 2000, {{w, James Fleming (author), James Fleming}}, The Temple of Optimism, New York: Hyperion, Chapter Nineteen, p. 202, : Robert, who had drunk very little, eyed him pursily across the table.