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Webster 1913 Edition


Abusively

A-bu′sive-ly

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adv.
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abusively

ABU'SIVELY

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adv.
In an abusive manner; rudely; reproachfully.

Definition 2024


abusively

abusively

English

Adverb

abusively (comparative more abusively, superlative most abusively)

  1. In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]

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References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 11