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abusingly

abusingly adverb: in a manner that abuses; abusively.

Adverb

abusingly (not comparable)

  1. In a manner that abuses; abusively.
    • It is important to be able to separate the first waves of culture shock reaction to any sex and brutality from instances in which they are being used exploitatively and abusingly.1978 December 23, Michael Bronski, “Notes and Thoughts by One Gay Man on Pornography and Censorship”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 22, page 11

Origin of abusingly

From abusing + -ly.

Questions about abusingly

What does abusingly mean?
Abusingly means in a manner that abuses; abusively.
What part of speech is abusingly?
Abusingly is an adverb.

Words near abusingly in the dictionary

  1. abuses of process
  2. abusest
  3. abuseth
  4. Abushanab
  5. abusing
  6. abusingly
  7. abusio
  8. abusion
  9. abusions
  10. abusious
  11. abusive

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