PESTILENTIALLY

Etymology

Adverb

pestilentially (comparative more pestilentially, superlative most pestilentially)

In a pestilential manner; with pestilence.

Source: Wiktionary


Pes`ti*len"tial*ly, adv.

Definition: Pestilently.

PESTILENTIAL

Pes`ti*len"tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. pestilentiel.]

1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. "Sends the pestilential vapors." Longfellow.

2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive. So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ERASE

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