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warfully en · ADV

Etymology

From warful + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a warful, or warlike, manner.
   • Now Bartty's a-galloping most warfully; Sweet John must needs do the same. 2002, William T. Vollmann, Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith - Page 82:
   • In Ruddick's formulation, men think “warfully,” or, more abstractly, they are given to abstraction (1983b: 249-252). Women think concretely. 2012, Nicholas Onuf, World of Our Making: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relations - Page 125:
   • We arrive not-warfully. Is there a Rachel Mansour here?" Well, here goes. She stood up and cleared her throat. "Who wants to know?" The Critic grinned at her, baring frighteningly long tusks: "I am Sister Seventh. You come in time! 2004, Charles Stross, Singularity Sky - Page 314:

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