suicidallyadv.
/ˌsuːᵻˈsʌɪdl̩i/, /ˌsjuːᵻˈsʌɪdl̩i/, U.S. /ˌsuəˈsaɪdl̩i/ 1. In a way that is likely to be disastrously damaging to oneself or one's interests; self-destructively.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb] > self-destructively
suicidally1815
self-destructively1851
suicidal-wise1859
1815 Brit. Critic Dec. 581 Bringing into contempt all legitimate authority which has not suicidally lent itself to the furtherance of their designs.
1842 R. W. Emerson Conservative in Dial Oct. 185 Whatever they attempt in that direction, fails, and reacts suicidally on the actor himself.
1891 Times 21 Dec. 9/4 To reside in Italy meant to run almost suicidally the risk of a malarial attack.
1968 P. Larkin Let. 1 July in Sel. Lett. (1992) 402 Forcible recognition that a change had taken place some time ago, when we expanded them [sc. our universities] so suicidally.
2003 New Internationalist Jan. 24/1 A gangly and furious langur monkey is hurling itself suicidally through the canopy of the tamarind tree above us.
2019 Observer (Nexis) 1 June Few will mourn the Conservative party's passing, if its leaders are suicidally stupid enough to curse it with a no-deal Brexit.
2. Towards or to the point of suicide; by suicide; for the purpose of suicide.
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the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [adverb]
suicidally1823
suicidal-wise1859
1823 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Med. Sci. 4 25 A lady..lost a considerable part of her fortune, and became suicidally melancholy.
1856 H. G. Migault Eight Hist. Diss. Suicide iii. ii. 199 Many of the Caesars and their nearest relatives themselves died suicidally.
1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Jan. 4/1 He became low-spirited, suicidally inclined, and was unable to apply himself to his business duties.
1974 A. Goldstein et al. Princ. Drug Action (ed. 2) ii. 203 A fetus killed by a drug taken suicidally by the mother.
2015 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 18 June 7 My depression..got really bad for a while, to the point where I was suicidally depressed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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