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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

aggrievedly en · ADV

Etymology

From aggrieved + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In the manner of someone who is aggrieved
    • "Lady, you're carrying off the bouquet," he said, aggrievedly. 1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa:
    • "And what's the matter this time?" he demanded aggrievedly. 1916, Clair W. Hayes, The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign:
    • The big homecoming game, however, was canceled when the, uh, president got shot, as was the date itself when I didn't behave aggrievedly enough. 1999 July 2, Richard Meltzer, “Vinyl Reckoning”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

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more aggrievedly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most aggrievedly Degree=Sup lexicographic