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nimiously

nimiously adverb: excessively; extravagantly; inordinate.

Adverb

nimiously (comparative more nimiously, superlative most nimiously)

  1. (obsolete) Excessively; extravagantly; inordinate.
    • 94. An offer to take an applicant for relief into a poors' house is in general a sufficient offer of relief, though the Court would probably exercise a control if made nimiously ;1854, Alexander Murray Dunlop, “Of Relief and Recourse” (chapter IV), in The Law of Scotland Regarding the Poor, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 68
    • In such a case the salmon fisher has no right to complain of the trout fisher (so far as angling is concerned), nor the trout fisher of the salmon fisher for fishing at any particular point, except where one purposely acts, not in the exercise of his legal right, but in order to obstruct his...1873, James Paterson, “The Laws of Angling” (chapter V), in A Treatise on the Fishery Laws of the United Kingdom, […], 2nd edition, London: Shaw and Sons, page 228

Forms of nimiously

comparativemore nimiously
superlativemost nimiously

Origin of nimiously

From nimious + -ly.

Questions about nimiously

What does nimiously mean?
Nimiously means excessively; extravagantly; inordinate.
What part of speech is nimiously?
Nimiously is an adverb.

Words near nimiously in the dictionary

  1. Nimigea
  2. nimini-pimini
  3. niminy-piminy
  4. niminy-priminy
  5. nimious
  6. nimiously
  7. nimisin
  8. nimite
  9. Nimitz
  10. nimmed
  11. Nimmegen

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