balefullyadv.
/ˈbeɪlfʊli/ In a baleful manner: (a) injuriously, hurtfully; (b) miserably, painfully, sadly.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
ill1483
mischievously1512
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
evilly1631
damageably1648
poisonously1746
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
damnously1884
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
prejudicially1467
ill1483
mischievously1512
pestilently1528
badly1580
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
prejudiciously1614
evilly1631
damageably1648
deleteriously1657
disserviceablya1670
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
detrimentally1879
damnously1884
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb] > in manner to cause sorrow or grief
sorrowfullyc1225
griefly1340
balefullya1375
teenfullya1375
grieffullya1400
unwinlya1400
sorrowfulc1415
tristfully1880
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3959 I balfulli here-bi-fore was brout al bi-neþe.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 84 So balfully he g[r]inneþ.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxix. 11983 The burgh..baillfully distroyet.
1838 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 334 And hurry him balefully into Night!
1842 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 438 Which laws..operated balefully upon the superiority of the articles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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- well-pleasedness
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