consumedlyadv.
/kənˈsjuːmᵻdli/, U.S. /kənˈs(j)umədli/ Confoundedly; excessively, extremely. Frequently as an intensifier. N.E.D. (1893) notes: ‘Slang of c1700, which has been handed down by the dramatists of that day, and become a literary affectation.’
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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adverb] > as everyday imprecation
wickedlya1375
terrible1490
cursedly1570
plaguilya1586
damnably1598
cursefully1606
damnedly1607
lousily1611
damnablea1616
execrably1633
excrementitiously1638
infernally1638
mangilya1640
putidly1654
infamously1695
consumedly1707
damned1757
damnationly1762
shockingly1768
damn1787
deucedly1819
peskily1833
pesky1833
beastly1853
dashedly1888
stinkingly1906
rasted1919
effing1945
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly
swithlyc888
micklelyeOE
swith971
hardOE
un-i-fohOE
sevenfoldlOE
unmeet?c1225
innerlyc1330
horribly1340
too1340
sore1474
horriblec1475
vehemently1483
outrageous1487
done?a1513
exquisite1529
strangely1532
exceeding1535
exceedingly1535
angardlyc1540
angerlyc1540
choicec1540
vengeable1542
vengeably?1550
extremelya1554
monstrous1569
thrice1579
amain1587
extremea1591
damnably1598
fellc1600
tyrannically1602
exquisitely1603
damnedly1607
preciously1607
damnablea1616
impensively1620
excellingly1621
main1632
fearful1634
vengeancelya1640
upsy1650
impensely1657
twadding1657
vastly1664
hideous1667
mainly1670
consumed1707
consumedly1707
outrageously1749
damned1757
nation1771
shockingly1777
deuced1779
darn1789
darned1807
felly1807
varsal1814
awful1816
awfy1816
frightfully1816
deucedly1819
dogged1819
awfully1820
gallowsa1823
shocking1831
tremendously1832
everlasting1833
terribly1833
fearfully1835
ripping1838
poison1840
thundering1853
frighteninglyc1854
raring1854
hell's own1863
goldarned1866
goddamned1870
doggone1871
acutely1872
whooping1874
stupidly1878
everlastingly1879
hideously1882
densely1883
storming1883
good and1885
thunderingly1885
crazy1887
tremendous1887
madly1888
goldarn1892
howling1895
murderously1916
rasted1919
goddam1921
bitchingly1923
Christly1923
bitching1929
falling-down1930
lousy1932
appallingly1937
stratospherically1941
Christ almighty1945
effing1945
focking1956
dagnab1961
drop-dead1980
hella1987
totes2006
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem ii. 13 Sullen. My Head akes consumedly.
1707 C. Cibber Double Gallant iv. 42 That Woman—is most consumedly mistaken.
1753 Adventurer No. 98. 164 I am obliged to be consumedly drunk five or six nights in the week.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iii. 80 The place smells of sulphur consumedly.
1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. 313 Jokes which set the company laughing consumedly.
1923 F. Swinnerton Young Felix ii. 54 The person with whom they were both most consumedly angry was Ma.
1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 109 Laugh like a drain, to chuckle ‘consumedly’; laugh loudly, especially at someone's discomfiture.
2002 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 6 July 17 The covering up of the offending was consumedly devious.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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