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tortiously

tortiously adverb: in a tortious manner.

Adverb

tortiously (comparative more tortiously, superlative most tortiously)

  1. In a tortious manner.
    • tortiously injured
    • tortiously possessed himself of goods

Forms of tortiously

comparativemore tortiously
superlativemost tortiously

Origin of tortiously

From tortious + -ly.

Questions about tortiously

What does tortiously mean?
Tortiously means in a tortious manner.
What part of speech is tortiously?
Tortiously is an adverb.

Words near tortiously in the dictionary

  1. tortillé
  2. tortional
  3. tortious
  4. tortious interference
  5. tortious interferences
  6. tortiously
  7. tortiousness
  8. tortipelvic
  9. tortipelvis
  10. tortitude
  11. tortive

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