fumously en · ADV
Etymology
From Middle English fumousli, fumowsly, equivalent to fumous + -ly.
Meanings
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(archaic) In a fumous manner, in fumes; (by extension) angrily
And heaping words upon words, would gladly belike that the party should have carted them away, and well remembered them, and therefore said fumously unto him: “Dost thou hear me?"
1560, Thomas Wilson, Art of Rhetoric:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most fumously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more fumously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |