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He said he conceived of the bull sculpture as “a joke, a provocation. Instead, it became a cursedly serious thing,” destined to be one of New York’s more visited monuments.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2021

Like Fiorina, he’s fluent in policy, and he even looked like a grown-up Thursday night despite his cursedly boyish looks.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2015

That’s because this version concentrates largely on its Trojans, and not the Greeks who invade their land to recapture one of their own, the cursedly beautiful Helen.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2015

Uncle Leopold, whom no gift could dazzle, afterwards said that the presentation cake "stank cursedly and wouldn't lather," when he sought to use it "out of compliment to M. Lever."

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, it's late," he said, "and I'm most cursedly sleepy.

From The Money Gods by Clark, Ellery H.