accursedlyadv.
/əˈkəːsᵻdli/, U.S. /əˈkərsədli/ Now somewhat archaic.
In an accursed manner; damnably.
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the mind > language > malediction > [adverb]
accursedlyc1330
with a vengeance1573
imprecatingly1652
execratively1837
imprecatorily1874
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adverb]
illc1300
accursedlyc1330
hatefullyc1425
unlovingly1512
malignantly1565
manlessly1607
malevolently1613
malefically1652
unbenignly1863
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > wickedly or accursedly
accursedlyc1330
cursedlyc1386
execrably1633
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adverb]
illc1300
hatefullyc1425
malignantly1565
accursedly1579
manlessly1607
malevolently1613
malefically1652
unbenignly1863
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 787 (MED) Hir moder was ded acurssedliche, & hir fader starf reuliche.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 473 The better to make you serue for example of punishment to such as accursedly breake their faith to their soueraigne Prince.
1607 Tourneur Rev. Trag. iii. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) X. 69 Sup. Fell it out so accursedly? Amb. So damnedly?
1630 J. Taylor Against Cursing & Swearing in Wks. i. 48/1 How many of vs,..in stead of giuing God glory, praise, and thankes for all his benefits, doe most accursedly, (or maliciously) sweare him ouer and ouer, from the head, to the foot.
1756 J. Durham Blessedness of Death iv. 88 If they live wickedly, they die accursedly and fall into Perdition.
1758 G. Coade Let. Right Honourable W.P. 115 A Man..most accursedly tenacious, and ambitious of getting the sole Power into his own Hand.
1855 E. Bulwer-Lytton Clytemnestra xx. 121 Blood, blood! and of kindred nature, Which the young wolf returning Shall dip his fangs in, Thereby accursedly Imbibing madness!
1869 Reynold's Newspaper 28 Nov. 3/1 They are so vilely iniquitous, so accursedly unjust, so diabolically mischievous, that they must ultimately succumb to the laws of right, of humanity, and of justice.
1919 A. H. Gibbs Gun Fodder i. x. 37 We British are so accursedly tongue-tied in these matters.
1936 H. P. Lovecraft Shadow over Innsmouth iv. 142 My other pursuers had been accursedly abnormal.
1996 G. Joyce Tooth Fairy (1998) 211 This could help them. Really help them. With a few refinements, of course. And it's so accursedly simple!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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