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PESTIFEROUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
pestiferously (comparative more pestiferously, superlative most pestiferously)
In a pestiferous manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Pes*tif"er*ous*ly, adv.
Definition: In a pestiferuos manner.
PESTIFEROUS
Pes*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. pestiferus, pestifer; pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestifère.]
1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. "Poor, pestiferous creatures begging alms." Evelyn. "Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations." Burke.
2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue. Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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