Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; mischievously; abusively; maliciously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
injurious manner; in a manner thatinjures .
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- adverb in an injurious manner
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Examples
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From the reputation which he had previously acquired for gallantries, and the sort of reckless and boyish levity to which -- often in very bitterness of soul -- he gave way, it was not difficult to bring suspicion upon some of those acquaintances which his frequent intercourse with the green-room induced him to form, or even (as in one instance was the case) to connect with his name injuriously that of a person to whom he had scarcely ever addressed a single word.
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
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From the reputation which he had previously acquired for gallantries, and the sort of reckless and boyish levity to which -- often in very "bitterness of soul" -- he gave way, it was not difficult to bring suspicion upon some of those acquaintances which his frequent intercourse with the green-room induced him to form, or even (as, in one instance, was the case,) to connect with his name injuriously that of a person to whom he had scarcely ever addressed a single word.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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Weak or absent resistance in the face of a normal motor impulse whose expression injuriously affects another, is crime, and a criminal is one whose power of resistance to motor impulses has been reduced by disease, hereditary or acquired, or is absent through arrested development.
The Fertility of the Unfit Rutherford Waddell 1900
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If we condone political theft, if we do not resent the kinds of wrong and injustice that injuriously affect the whole nation, not merely our democratic form of government but our civilization itself cannot endure. '
Michael Winship: Washington and Change: Cash You Can Believe In Michael Winship 2010
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If we condone political theft, if we do not resent the kinds of wrong and injustice that injuriously affect the whole nation, not merely our democratic form of government but our civilization itself cannot endure. '
Michael Winship: Washington and Change: Cash You Can Believe In Michael Winship 2010
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And yet, in such a system, it is even happy when such compromises can take place: for upon some occasions things will not admit of accommodation; and then the measures of government must be injuriously suspended, or fatally defeated.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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And yet, in such a system, it is even happy when such compromises can take place: for upon some occasions things will not admit of accommodation; and then the measures of government must be injuriously suspended, or fatally defeated.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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However, that that chain has had past warnings that people are injuriously trampled upon when doors open on Black Friday — such as to purchase $29.95 VCRs, which must be a fine product indeed.
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In FED UP, Governor Perry argues that expansion of the federal government is occurring exponentially and injuriously.
Rick Perry, Texas Governor, To Write Book, 'Fed Up,' On Expansion Of Federal Government 2010
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In FED UP, Governor Perry argues that expansion of the federal government is occurring exponentially and injuriously.
Rick Perry, Texas Governor, To Write Book, 'Fed Up,' On Expansion Of Federal Government 2010
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