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pestilentially

pestilentially adverb: in a pestilential manner; with pestilence.

Adverb

pestilentially (comparative more pestilentially, superlative most pestilentially)

  1. In a pestilential manner; with pestilence.
    • For a conclusion, I shal only point you to some few more spots which appeare here and there in the body of the Gangrene, which plainly shew the very vitals & inward parts of it to be pestilentially infected;1646, John Goodwin, Cretensis: or A Briefe Answer to an Ulcerous Treatise, London: Henry Overton, page 47
    • […] folly and prejudice have spread themselves so pestilentially among all ranks and denominations; that any person, who now would endeavour to benefit his country from a praiseworthy principle of integrity […] the patriot would be hooted at for a madman,1763, George Alexander Stevens, “Interlude between the Acts”, in The Dramatic History of Master Edward, London: T. Waller, page 107

Forms of pestilentially

comparativemore pestilentially
superlativemost pestilentially

Origin of pestilentially

From pestilential + -ly.

Questions about pestilentially

What does pestilentially mean?
Pestilentially means in a pestilential manner; with pestilence.
What part of speech is pestilentially?
Pestilentially is an adverb.

Words near pestilentially in the dictionary

  1. pestify
  2. pestilence
  3. pestilences
  4. pestilent
  5. pestilential
  6. pestilentially
  7. pestilentialness
  8. pestilentious
  9. pestilently
  10. pestily
  11. pesting

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