Translations for „monkish“ in the Slovenian » English Dictionary

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monkish

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His birth was seen as miraculous; his monkish father had despaired of having a male heir after three wives.

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It is fast, finger-burning work, and if you fail to keep up you soon find that a stern look is evidently not considered outside the monkish calling.

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Because while they may train like professional athletes, and lead the ascetic, monkish lifestyle of professionals, these men are amateurs.

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Monkish humour might have insisted that this smoky piece accompany the one part of the ceremony for which the burning of incense was prescribed.

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Looks like a monkish type of person, maybe?

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Tall and bald with a hearty laugh, the retired interior designer is neither monkish nor zealous.

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How could men of liberal sense, ripe scholarship in the world, and capacious philosophical and convivial understandings -- how could they suffer themselves to be imposed upon by such monkish fables?

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But this record has come from a place of absolute devotion, scholastic, monkish, researched thought.

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Bill has slowed down and is now a vegan, but he's still far from monkish.

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Its pale hand slid along the banister rail, producing a soft hiss, and the looseness of its garment reminded me of monkish robes.

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