consumedly
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of consumedly
First recorded in 1700–10; consumed ( def. ) + -ly
Example Sentences
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It may be old, but we heard it for the first time the other evening, and it made us "laugh consumedly."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
A slack time, prolonged beyond a week or so, bores most boys consumedly and ought to bore them all.
From The School and the World by Victor Gollancz
Fortunately the weather was moderate, so that we were not absolutely washed away, but for all that it was consumedly cold of nights.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various
He would have laughed consumedly; and from my dear remembrance of him, I think he would have found a quotation from Horace to meet the case.
From Far Off Things by Arthur Machen
I like to laugh, and I have laughed, in my time, consumedly.
From Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells
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