Suicidally

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1
In a suicidal fashion.
"My father did not magnanimously toss fish to the admiring multitudes, and most likely he did not beckon to the catfish, which then leapt suicidally into our boat."
2
In terms of or by means of suicide.
"To accusations that her leap from her prison tower was suicidally motivated, she replies scornfully that anybody with any sense prefers to try for freedom instead of remaining in prison."

Example

"My father did not magnanimously toss fish to the admiring multitudes, and most likely he did not beckon to the catfish, which then leapt suicidally into our boat."

Etymology

From suicidal + -ly.

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