excursivelyadv.
/ɛkˈskəːsɪvli/ In an excursive or rambling manner; erratically, desultorily, digressively.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adverb] > in wandering manner
wilsomelyc1420
erroneously1528
vagrantly1547
gaddingly1552
wanderingly1552
roamingly1621
rovingly1664
excursively1791
ramblingly1855
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adverb] > in a lengthy or digressive manner
long-windedly1836
excursively1841
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1728 I. 24 The flesh of animals who feed excursively is allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped up.
1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man III. vii. 193 How excursively have I speculated on a lady's glove.
1871 T. Arnold Lect. Mod. Hist. (1878) i. 98 He must now break forth excursively to the right and left.
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adv.1791- shavies
- shaving
- shaving box
- shaving brush
- shaving cream
- shaving customer
- shaving dish
- shaving foam
- shaving hand
- shaving hat
- shaving horse
- shaving mirror
- shaving muscle
- shaving rag
- shaving saloon
- shaving soap
- shaving stick
- shaving tub
- shaving utensil
- shaving water
- shaving whittle
- shaving-basin
- shaving-board
- shaving-cloth
- shaving-cup