cancerouslyadv.
/ˈkans(ə)rəsli/, U.S. /ˈkæns(ə)rəsli/ In the manner of cancer; by or with cancer; with regard to cancer. Also figurative.
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1675 G. Harvey Dis. of London iv. 23 Not long after the Skin being so Cancerously tumefied, as frequently happens about the Joynts of the Fingers, Knuckles, Wrists, Elbows, Knees, Ancles and Toes.
1730 N. Bailey Dict. Britannicum Canceration, a spreading abroad cancerously.
1854 C. H. Jones & E. H. Sieveking Man. Pathol. Anat. 148 The lymphatic glands seem to have been enlarged or cancerously diseased in eleven out of nineteen cases.
1900 Lancet 9 June 1655/1 Thus monogamy tends to increase the percentage of cancerously disposed individuals.
1995 C. Morton Oceans Apart ii. 14 Half-crippled cowboys, a lot of them, permanently on the skids or else still trying to make the tough transition from dying country to cancerously growing city.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1675- to think ahead
- to think aloud
- to think amiss
- to think amiss of
- to think away
- to think back
- to think back on
- to think back to
- to think badly of
- to think better of
- to think better of it
- to think big
- to think dear
- to think down
- to think ferly
- to think for oneself
- to think from
- to think good
- to think good of
- to think in terms of
- to think inside the box
- to think it much
- to think it no conscience
- to think it reason
- to think it scorn