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predatorily

predatorily adverb: in a predatory manner.

Adverb

predatorily (comparative more predatorily, superlative most predatorily)

  1. In a predatory manner.
    • While the more peaceable part of the tribe are to be found among those who possess large herds of cattle, and are frequently connected with some of the principal people in the Arab towns, to whom in times of disturbance they afford protection, among the wandering or nomadic population, are to be...1848, James Bird, A Discourse on the Object and Progress of Investigation

Forms of predatorily

comparativemore predatorily
superlativemost predatorily

Origin of predatorily

From predatory + -ly.

Questions about predatorily

What does predatorily mean?
Predatorily means in a predatory manner.
What part of speech is predatorily?
Predatorily is an adverb.

Words near predatorily in the dictionary

  1. predator satiation
  2. predator saturation
  3. predator trap
  4. predatorial
  5. predatorially
  6. predatorily
  7. predatoriness
  8. predatorious
  9. predatorism
  10. predatorlike
  11. predators

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