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ˈruinously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a ruinous manner or degree; in a way, or to an extent, which leads to ruin.
1550Bale Image Both Ch. ii. b v, Egipte is ruynously decayed. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. vi. 852 Gods Temples being ruinously old. 1659Gentl. Calling (1696) 17 You cast away Estate..and..imploy yourselves the most ruinously, rather than endure to be Idle. 1768Woman of Honor I. 34 Nothing..is easier..than to ruinously confound a true good with a false one. 1832Babbage Econ. Manuf. xxiv. (ed. 3) 234 Whilst the manufacturers are complaining of the ruinously low price of their produce. 1864Englishw. in India 24 Table ornaments are ruinously dear out here. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 542 A curse or evil disease, curable only by ruinously expensive process. |