bruisinglyadv.
/ˈbruːzɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈbruzɪŋli/ So as to cause bruising (literal and figurative); aggressively; painfully.In quot. 1846: quickly and recklessly; cf. bruising adj. 2.
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1846 New Sporting Mag. Dec. 368 There is not protection enough naturally, said the old ones, for a horse so highly bred to go bruisingly across country.
1910 Cosmopolitan Mag. Nov. 716/2 Her teeth set themselves into her lower lip bruisingly, but she was not conscious of the hurt.
1992 N.Y. Times 5 May b15/1 He..played bruisingly well versus Detroit.
2014 Winnipeg Free Press 4 Feb. 7/3 More bruisingly, the Saudis also felt rejected by their oldest and strongest ally, America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1846- convictest
- convicthulk
- convicting
- conviction
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- convictions
- convictism
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- convictiveness
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- convictor
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- convince
- convince any one's belief
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