Citations:souly

English citations of souly

[soulful; in particular] characteristic of soul music

• 1997, Robert Stone, A Hall of Mirrors, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 190:

  He's bending over givin' it hell, singing souly music, dig, but he can't break that thing, man, because he ain't equipped.

• 1999, E. Breitinger, HEROES OF SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY AS OPERATIC HEROES: AKIN EUBA'S CHAKA AND NBONGEMI NGEMA'S THE ZULU, in the South African Theatre Journal (Taylor & Francis)

  To my liking however, the souly parts seemed artificial, the citation of the African-American musical style sounded rather forced and arty, because it diverted from the main message of […]

• 2009 November 11, Mike Evans, Ray Charles: Birth of Soul, Omnibus Press, →ISBN:

  Larkin continued: “The band is sparked off by a Fender bass and plenty of souly Lat-Am percussion, and has jetting spirited trumpet and matching saxes. 'I Remember Clifford', 'Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues' and 'Sidewinder' are the most satisfying […]

• 2013, A Jones, G Martin, A psychedelic band who could" create fucking havoc", fronted by a bovver boy in a kaftan..., in Uncut:

  […] We had a kind of music going on that no-one else was doing, … and put together a few sort of souly riffs and this, that and the […]

• 1976, Harīśa Trivedī, Uttarākhaṇḍa prakr̥ti thī prabhu --:

  […] in Greenwich Connecticut, to present to us an afternoon of "souly" spiritual music! Black and white together, we all sang to the glory of one God.

pertaining to a soul; soulful

• 1998 September 17, Rafi Zabor, The Bear Comes Home: A Novel, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 101:

  ... probly think I don't know about all that cool, creative, souly-soul sensitive shit, but you're wrong. It's just that I understand The Bear Comes Home 101.

• 2010 October 25, Dorothy Duncan, Feasting and Fasting: Canada's Heritage Celebrations, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 250:

  Soul Cakes or Souly Cakes are still baked in Wales in the form of yeast buns, brown, spiced, and shining, with a round head, currants for eyes, a semicircular smile, two arms represented by cuts in the body, and two legs.

"solely" intentionally blended with connotations of "soul"?

• (Can we date this quote?), Stephen W. Smith, Embracing Soul Care: Making Space for What Matters Most, Kregel Publications, →ISBN, page 76:

  Many people know that they need to have such a soulful advocate, a person who is “souly” for them.

• 1975, WomanSpirit:

  i am music , music is me Music is my heart and my soul. It is the best way I know of to tell the truth. [...] it's a trip to know them souly from their music. I'm not embarrassed to tell exactly who I am through music. I love music and music loves me […]

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• 2021 June 8, Arthur Sullivan, Basil Hood, The Rose of Persia, Graphic Arts Books, →ISBN:

  SULTAN: Simple souly lowly holy Dervish! ENSEMBLE. PHYSICIAN: Twirling whirling simple souly lowly Holy Dog of a Dancing Dervish! VIZIER: Simple souly lowly Holy Dog of a Dancing Dervish!  […]

• 2014 September 4, Earla Wilputte, Passion and Language in Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Aesthetic Sublime in the Work of Eliza Haywood, Aaron Hill, and Martha Fowke, Springer, →ISBN:

  "Life, in a souly Deluge, rushes o'er, / And the charm'd Heart springs out, at every Pore." Tingling, throbbing, aching, and burning are easily imagined physical responses; however, “Life” rushing out in a “souly Deluge” is less […]

• 2011 August 4, Maxim Jakubowski, The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries, C & R Crime, →ISBN:

  'Deeply souly.' […]