Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a losing manner; in a manner to ineur or to result in loss.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a manner to incur loss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a manner that
loses or will lose. - adverb In a manner that causes
loss .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Tiger Woods debacle, which started with a fender bender and possible domestic dispute and grows more absurdly, endorsement-losingly epic by the hour, serves not just as a reminder that even seemingly unimpeachable heroes get their freak on but also as a flamboyantly cringe-worthy metaphor for our quick and dirty culture itself.
tiger and the old cultural guard / what consumes me, bud caddell 2009
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Ne'er could I, nor an I could, should I so losingly love her:
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855
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I’ll say it again, Vern’s writings are page-losingly funny.
BOOK REVIEW: Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer! « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010
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