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- adverb Rare spelling of
rancorously .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She hated her visitor rancourously, for the very things for which Martini loved her; for her quiet strength of character; for her grave, sincere directness; for the steady balance of her mind; for the very expression of her face.
The Gadfly 1912
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"I have n't done no bribing, and it was n't me as the information was lodged against," retorted Joe, rancourously.
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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Still there are no grades and coteries in society; no parties in politics; and no hostile religious sects warring rancourously on each other, and claiming as their object the diffusion of a spirit of Christian philanthropy.
Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment viii, 9-151, [1] p. 1847
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