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fumously

fumously adverb: in a fumous manner, in fumes; (by extension) angrily.

Adverb

fumously (comparative more fumously, superlative most fumously)

  1. (archaic) In a fumous manner, in fumes; (by extension) angrily
    • And heaping words upon words, would gladly belike that the party should have carted them away, and well remembered them, and therefore said fumously unto him: “Dost thou hear me?"1560, Thomas Wilson, Art of Rhetoric

Forms of fumously

comparativemore fumously
superlativemost fumously

Origin of fumously

From Middle English fumousli, fumowsly, equivalent to fumous + -ly.

Questions about fumously

What does fumously mean?
Fumously means in a fumous manner, in fumes; (by extension) angrily.
What part of speech is fumously?
Fumously is an adverb.

Words near fumously in the dictionary

  1. fumose
  2. fumosities
  3. fumosity
  4. fumosorinone
  5. fumous
  6. fumously
  7. fumper
  8. fumpered
  9. fumpering
  10. fumpers
  11. fums

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