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abruptedly en · ADV

Etymology

From abrupted + -ly.

Meanings

1. Abruptly; by a sudden interruption or transition.
   • […] but for her first fiscal year, that of 1934, ending June 30th, alien deportations abruptedly dropped from the previous annual average of about 19,000 to about 8,000 and there they have remained ever since. 1939, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Voluntary Adjustment of Railroad Obligations: Hearings..., page 58:
   • Antennæ short, deeply bipectinated in the males, abruptedly terminated […] 1829, Illustrations of British Entomology, page 60:

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