Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Murderously; so as to slay.
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- adverb In a
slaughterous fashion.
Etymologies
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slaughterous + -ly
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Examples
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a ghastly idiocy, and would fall on its professors slaughterously in public discussions.
Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw 1903
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