Destroyingly

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a way that destroys.

    "Tho' Ruin now Love's shadow be, / Following him, destroyingly, / On Death's white and winged steed, / Which the fleetest cannot flee, [...]"

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"Tho' Ruin now Love's shadow be, / Following him, destroyingly, / On Death's white and winged steed, / Which the fleetest cannot flee, [...]"

Etymology

From destroying + -ly.

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