afflictive
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- afflictively adverb
Etymology
Origin of afflictive
Example Sentences
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The standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners state: "Prison labour must not be of an afflictive nature."
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2019
L’Heureux’s own expertise is in our sites of afflictive potential.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019
This of course was in direct violation of the General’s orders, but was no less afflictive to the poor sufferers on this account.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2019
The year of mourning was doubly afflictive to Mildred.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
At Buckeystown we remained two days, in the enjoyment of a pleasant bivouac; yet, as though no place was free from evil, an event occurred here afflictive to our brigade and to the corps.
From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by Stevens, George T.
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