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bubonically

bubonically adverb: in terms of, or by means of, bubonic plague.

Adverb

bubonically (not comparable)

  1. In terms of, or by means of, bubonic plague.
    • Strong-willed and good in a crisis, she was exactly the girl Cornel Wilde needed to lance his plague boil and pull him through when the population of London was being bubonically decimated.1969, Ian Alexander Cameron, Elisabeth Cameron, Dames, page 22

Origin of bubonically

From bubonic + -ally.

Questions about bubonically

What does bubonically mean?
Bubonically means in terms of, or by means of, bubonic plague.
What part of speech is bubonically?
Bubonically is an adverb.

Words near bubonically in the dictionary

  1. Bubonga Mamaanun
  2. Bubonian conch
  3. bubonic
  4. bubonic plague
  5. bubonic plagues
  6. bubonically
  7. bubonocele
  8. bubonoceles
  9. bubos
  10. bubs
  11. bubu

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