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单词 pestiferously
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pestiferouslyadv.

Brit. /pɛˈstɪf(ə)rəsli/, U.S. /pɛˈstɪf(ə)rəsli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pestiferous adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < pestiferous adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare classical Latin pestiferē disastrously, ruinously.
In a pestiferous manner; (figurative) dangerously.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad
sorea1300
grievously1340
terrible1490
beastly?1518
shrewdlyc1533
arrantly?1548
murrainly?1548
abominablea1550
pestilence1567
pestilently1567
cursedly1570
pestiferously1570
murrain1575
plaguey1584
plaguilya1586
grievous1598
scandalously1602
horridly1603
terribly1604
monstrously1611
hellish1614
dreadfullya1616
horrid1615
pestilenta1616
infernally1638
preposterously1661
woeful1684
confoundedly1694
confounded1709
glaringly1709
cursed1719
flagrantly1756
weary1790
disgustingly1804
filthy1827
blamed1833
peskily1833
pesky1833
blame1843
blasted1854
wickedly1858
blatantly1878
shamelessly1885
disgracefully1893
ruddy1913
bastarda1935
pissing1951
sodding1954
pissingly1971
1570 J. Foxe tr. Pope Paul II Epist. in Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) II. vi. 717/1 This heresie, which pestiferously doth affirme that Christ did openly begge.
1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 93 That a..weekely distribution thereof be so pestiferously allowed to euery of them.
1766 Compend. Authentic & Entertaining Voy. (ed. 2) IV. 228 In October, November, and December, the westerly winds are pestiferously hot.
1792 R. Burns Let. 10 Jan. (1985) II. 127 There is other air to breathe than that of Moffat, pestiferously tainted as it is.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xxv. 311 Melema, you are a pestiferously clever fellow.
1891 R. Kipling City of Dreadful Night ii. 7 Does Calcutta smell so pestiferously after all?
1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. 15/1 The Texas Rangers..continue to behave pestiferously toward their elders, the aging California Angels.
2000 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 21 Feb. 13 An unwanted legacy from the past which continues pestiferously to linger among us.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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