consumedly
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of consumedly
First recorded in 1700–10; consumed ( def. ) + -ly
Example Sentences
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Outside, in the moonlit court, he stood, threw back his head and laughed, not loudly but consumedly.
From The Branding Iron by Burt, Katharine Newlin
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 Machen, Arthur
Whereat the boy smiles and grins consumedly, as though charmed with his companion's metaphor, though in reality he understands it not at all.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
All this delights Aunt Penelope, who laughs consumedly and makes feeble protest with her hands against this testimony.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
There was a breathless element of unexpectedness in this which appealed to the miners' sense of humor, and they all laughed consumedly and felt good comrades at once.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
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