wound
noun
an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
woundedly
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a word derived from
wound.
Example Sentences
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Would he, watching a goliath ascend the exterior of a high-rise with helicopters and klieg lights swirling, woundedly mumble, “Hey, that’s my gig.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 10, 2018
When last we saw our antihero, he was indulging a late-night existential snit, staring woundedly out at the city from his apartment balcony.
From Slate ● May 6, 2013
Christopher Eccleston only has one look: pinched, so woundedly feral he makes Robert De Niro look house-trained, so intense that he could face down anybody, perhaps even God.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2012
NBC oinked woundedly that these early national Nielsens are premature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Into this the winds would drop from the high places like broken-winged birds, dashing themselves against the polished walls of the Pyweack, dashing and falling back and crying woundedly.
From The Trail Book by Mary Hunter Austin
