TORTIOUSLY

Etymology

Adverb

tortiously (comparative more tortiously, superlative most tortiously)

(legal) In a tortious manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Tor"tious*ly, adv. (Law)

Definition: In a tortous manner.

TORTIOUS

Tor"tious, a. Etym: [From Tort.]

1. Injurious; wrongful. [Obs.] "Tortious power." Spenser.

2. (Law)

Definition: Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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