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abusively, adv.|əˈbjuːsɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an abusive manner: hence,
1. In a wrong use, improperly, incorrectly. Rhet. By improper use of language or terms; catachrestically.
1531Elyot Governour (1875) 16 Athenes and other citees of Grece..concluded to lyue as it were in a comminaltee, which abusiuely they called equalitee. 1664Evelyn tr. Freart, Paral. of Archit. vii. 24 The Ionic fluting which is abusively employ'd in this place. 1678Cudworth Intellect. Syst. 229 Goodness and Providence, Personated, are sometimes also Abusively, called Gods and Goddesses. 1728Morgan Hist. Algiers II. i. 213 The Spaniards, most corruptly & most abusively murder & confound several Letters. 1836Landor Per. & Asp. Wks. 1846 II. 378 Her malignity alone could influence so abusively the generous mind of Agapenthe. 1874Trench Sacr. Lat. Poetry (ed. 3) Introd. 18 Numeri is only abusively applied to verses which rest on music and time, and not on the number of the syllables.
2. With abusive language; reproachfully, foully.
1755Johnson Dict., Abusively, reproachfully. a1797H. Walpole George II (1847) I. xii. 408 Delaval had spoken pompously and abusively against the petitioner. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th Cent. II. ix. 579 Who were often themselves abusively attacked by ignorant lay preachers. |