Fugitively

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a fugitive manner.

    "Yes indeed, in so far as he wished, in so far as he feared, to see Mr. Knott face to face, his wish made him sorry, his fear glad, that he saw him so seldom, and at such a great distance as a rule, and so fugitively, and so often sideways on, and even from behind."

Example

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"Yes indeed, in so far as he wished, in so far as he feared, to see Mr. Knott face to face, his wish made him sorry, his fear glad, that he saw him so seldom, and at such a great distance as a rule, and so fugitively, and so often sideways on, and even from behind."

Etymology

From fugitive + -ly.

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