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cursefully

cursefully adverb: in a curseful manner; horrendously; horrifically.

Adverb

cursefully (comparative more cursefully, superlative most cursefully)

  1. (archaic) In a curseful manner; horrendously; horrifically.
    • Was not thou most curstfully madd to sever thy selfe from such an unequalde rarity?1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC, (please specify the page)
    • Let our heavenly Dante tell how cursefully the miserly and prodigal clash together in business circles here; how the wrathful “boil and bubble” in the Stygian lake of their own making; […]1889, George Leonard Cheney, Belief, page 113
  2. (dated, uncommon) Peevishly; while cursing.
    • I really, dear lady, can not again receive any object of value from your hands, of value or even of no value, and I loudly won’t hear of so much as even cursefully growling Thanks at you for those before me.1902 December 12, Henry James, “[Letter to Jessie Allen]”, in Leon Edel, editor, Letters, volume 4, published 1984, page 252
    • At the dock he communicated the interview to the gang, and amid the jeers of the shore workers, they cursefully hoisted sail and headed the vessel back to Port Anthony again.1922, Frederick William Wallace, The Shack Locker: Yarns of the Deep Sea Fishing Fleets, page 46

Forms of cursefully

comparativemore cursefully
superlativemost cursefully

Origin of cursefully

From curse + -ful + -ly.

Questions about cursefully

What does cursefully mean?
Cursefully means in a curseful manner; horrendously; horrifically.
What part of speech is cursefully?
Cursefully is an adverb.

Words near cursefully in the dictionary

  1. cursednesses
  2. cursedst
  3. cursee
  4. cursees
  5. curseful
  6. cursefully
  7. Curselax
  8. Curselaxes
  9. curseless
  10. curselike
  11. curser

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