Fructuously
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 fruitfully archaic
"As our ship came within sight of and skirted the shores of the Persian Gulf, just before entering the Suez Canal at Suez, I impulsively thought of the poppy which is fructuously husbanded here, which are chaliced and flame to red, and the scarlet cups of which are filled with sunshine and bitterness."
Example
More examples"As our ship came within sight of and skirted the shores of the Persian Gulf, just before entering the Suez Canal at Suez, I impulsively thought of the poppy which is fructuously husbanded here, which are chaliced and flame to red, and the scarlet cups of which are filled with sunshine and bitterness."
Etymology
From fructuous + -ly.
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