Definitions
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- adv. In a blighting manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adv. So as to cause blight.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- By blighting; with blighting influence or effect.
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Examples
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As I sat nursing these reflections, the casement behind me was banged on to the floor by a blow from the latter individual, and his black countenance looked blightingly through.
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"Steven is a sucker for a pretty face," he told her blightingly.
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The other old man, whose clothes were equally squalid, sat more upright, and seemed livelier, and of a lighter heart, misfortune not having yet touched so blightingly the natural volatility of his disposition; for, now and then, he spoke in low tones to his companion, who sometimes smiled, but rarely made answer.
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The utter tragedy of her devotion to the man who had deserted her, the utter hopelessness of his own deep passion blightingly, horribly forced itself upon him.
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"A man I've often noticed around the house," he replied blightingly.
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On the next day Scott decided to increase the rations, and at R. 42, which they reached after a march of 11-1/2 miles in a blightingly cold wind, they had a 'splendid pony hoosh.'
The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition
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She peered at him, complacent, curious, blightingly unconscious of his emotions, and the young man felt a stirring of hot impatience.
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Altogether, in comparison with the enthusiasm of the invitation, the opposition was blightingly resigned.
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Rhodes asked blightingly as Claire opened a cardboard box which had arrived by the morning delivery, and displayed a blue muslin dress inset with lace.
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Real English churchyard elms crowded about the wall and blightingly overshadowed the lonely group of graves.
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