cursed
adjective
under a curse; damned.
cursedly
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a word derived from
cursed.
Example Sentences
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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
"Ay, faith, sir; had I not as well go down? for, though ill-apparelled as a serving-man, methinks I could do the civilities better than the night-wind that howls so cursedly round the entry."
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
