Nonabusively

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a nonabusive manner. not-comparable

    "President Obama is O.K. with this (he calls it “prolonged detention”), but he wants to make sure it is carried out — here comes the oxymoron — fairly and nonabusively."

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"President Obama is O.K. with this (he calls it “prolonged detention”), but he wants to make sure it is carried out — here comes the oxymoron — fairly and nonabusively."

Etymology

From nonabusive + -ly.

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