Cancerously

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.

    "He was motionless for a moment, breathing deeply, and then he separated himself from them, leaning his body away, with a distaste that he could feel growing cancerously."

  2. 2
    With cancer.

    "cancerously diseased cells"

Example

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"He was motionless for a moment, breathing deeply, and then he separated himself from them, leaning his body away, with a distaste that he could feel growing cancerously."

Etymology

From cancerous + -ly.

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