Word: cordingly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...airship is skillfully managed, is scarcely perceptible. As the balloon touches the ground, sand-bags are thrown out to lessen the shock. Frequently the balloon is carried along by a sudden wind, dragging basket and occupants over fences and through trees. To prevent such accidents; the ripping cord is used, which tears open the bag and lets the air escape. Often a careless or unlucky balloonist comes down into a forest and has to appeal to some farmer for help in rescuing his balloon. Mr. Clayton narrated some of his ex experiences in travelling from Springfield to Boston by night...
...character he often fails so notably that his drama loses much of its ethical and aesthetic value. Becky, in particular, whom Thackeray made a perfectly animate literary creation, as far beyond analysis as a living woman, becomes in the play a bundle of catalogued qualities tied together with a cord...