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bloodily

bloodily adverb: in a bloody manner.

Adverb

bloodily (comparative more bloodily, superlative most bloodily)

  1. In a bloody manner.
    • The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
    • Sore against our will did we of Witchland join with the Demons in that war, foreseeing (as hath been bloodily approved) that the issue must be but the puffing up of the Demons, who desire no other thing than to be lords and tyrants of all the world.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 37

Examples of bloodily in a sentence

  • As he reeled on wide-braced legs, sobbing for breath, the jungle and the moon swimming bloodily to his sight, the thrash of bat-wings was loud in his ears.1934 May, Robert E. Howard, “Queen of the Black Coast”, in Weird Tales:
  • In the center, Augur and Paine attacked with vigor and were bloodily repulsed when they struck what turned out to be the strongest point of the enemy line[…]2009, Shelby Foote, The Civil War Volume II: Fredericksburg to Meridan, page 402:
  • Thus, we needn't bloodily and bodily slay a foe when we can startle, stifle, and, when need be, snuff out any flame of resistance to our will.2010 October, Haha Lung with Christopher B. Prowant, Mind Warrior: Strategies for Total Mind Domination, New York, N.Y.: Citadel Press...

Forms of bloodily

comparativemore bloodily
superlativemost bloodily
alternative formbloudily

Origin of bloodily

From bloody + -ly.

Questions about bloodily

What does bloodily mean?
Bloodily means in a bloody manner.
How do you use bloodily in a sentence?
As he reeled on wide-braced legs, sobbing for breath, the jungle and the moon swimming bloodily to his sight, the thrash of bat-wings was loud in his ears.
What part of speech is bloodily?
Bloodily is an adverb.

Words near bloodily in the dictionary

  1. bloodied-up
  2. bloodier
  3. bloodies
  4. bloodies up
  5. bloodiest
  6. bloodily
  7. bloodiness
  8. bloodinesses
  9. blooding
  10. blooding in
  11. blooding out

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