Woolfish

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1. Reminiscent of Virginia Woolf or her writing.

   For the training college annual magazine, at the end of the reports of the sports clubs, I wrote a Woolfish piece set in a city dancehall.

   2005, Damien Wilkins, Great Sporting Moments: The Best of Sport Magazine, 1988-2004, Victoria University Press, →ISBN, page 420

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   A Woolfish “she missed the film. For she was late” takes us back to the edges of sanity. Today, the idiomatic usage of for seems a little arch.

   2011, Simon Heffer, Strictly English: The correct way to write ... and why it matters, Random House, →ISBN, page 127

   Marsha – Miss Francomb? – is tall and imposing, with aquiline features that give her an intimidating Woolfish quality. In her early forties, her grey hair cropped and brushed forward Soviet-style, her voice husky and commanding, she stands and offers her hand.

   2011, David Nicholls, One Day, Hachette UK, →ISBN

   Mom's turned my childhood bedroom into a Woolfish “Writing Room.” It's packed with a new lacy daybed, an army of cushions, a rich wood desk, a computer.

   2013, Laura Gray-Rosendale, College Girl: A Memoir, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 67

   Synonyms: Woolfesque, Woolfian