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consummately

consummately adverb: in a consummate manner.

Adverb

consummately (comparative more consummately, superlative most consummately)

  1. In a consummate manner.
    • It is most certain that was her Soul as beautiful as is her Body, nothing under the Heavens wou'd be more consummately perfect.1729, Samuel Croxall, A Select Collection of Novels and Histories, Volume 3, Richard Phillips, page 331
    • Iassert, Sir, that he is ignorant, that he has from the beginning been consummately ignorant of the principles, temper, disposition and force of the colonies.1775, The Pennsylvania Magazine: Or, American Monthly Museum MDCCLXXV, Volume I, R. Aitken, page 376

Examples of consummately in a sentence

  • The two first branches of the argument, it is acknowledged, are the strongest, it cannot — because all things are so consummately perfect, as to deny any addition or subtraction.1809, A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, On the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects:, T. Cadell, W. Davies, page 448:
  • 'The Azalea,' with its desolating contrast of perfumed warmth and chill solitude, touches even more consummately the actual reality of suffering.1908, The Quarterly Review, John Murray, pages 375-376:

Forms of consummately

comparativemore consummately
superlativemost consummately

Origin of consummately

From consummate + -ly.

Questions about consummately

What does consummately mean?
Consummately means in a consummate manner.
How do you use consummately in a sentence?
The two first branches of the argument, it is acknowledged, are the strongest, it cannot — because all things are so consummately perfect, as to deny any addition or subtraction.
What part of speech is consummately?
Consummately is an adverb.

Words near consummately in the dictionary

  1. consumings
  2. consummate
  3. consummate marriage
  4. consummate marriages
  5. consummated
  6. consummately
  7. consummates
  8. consummatest
  9. consummateth
  10. consummating
  11. consummation

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