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nonabusively

nonabusively adverb: in a nonabusive manner.

Adverb

nonabusively (not comparable)

  1. In a nonabusive manner.
    • President Obama is O.K. with this (he calls it “prolonged detention”), but he wants to make sure it is carried out — here comes the oxymoron — fairly and nonabusively.2009 June 23, Bob Herbert, “Who Are We?”, in New York Times

Origin of nonabusively

From nonabusive + -ly.

Questions about nonabusively

What does nonabusively mean?
Nonabusively means in a nonabusive manner.
What part of speech is nonabusively?
Nonabusively is an adverb.

Words near nonabusively in the dictionary

  1. nonabuse
  2. nonabused
  3. nonabuser
  4. nonabusers
  5. nonabusive
  6. nonabusively
  7. nonabutting
  8. nonabyssal
  9. nonacademic
  10. nonacademically
  11. nonacademics

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