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rejectfully en · ADV

Etymology

From rejectful + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) In a rejectful manner.
   • For answer to complaint herein Defendant most respectfully Denies the same, disputes the claim, And utterly, rejectfully. 1897, The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers:
   • We must recognize the sayings of the saints, observations of the scholars and the customs observed within one's community in case the said things confirm to the standards set forth by Qur'an and Sunnah and likewise we should rejectfully shun them in case they do not. 1995, Muḥammad Ismāʻīl, Taqwiyat-ul-Imān, page 38:
   • […] — knowing that Fondie would never question any coin that came from her fingers, or put any metal so consecrated to the test of his teeth, or shake his head over it rejectfully, as other people might do — he would gaze at the little treasury of small silver pieces as though they represented the precious particles of Blanche's self. 1916, Edward Charles Booth, Fondie, page 215:

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