Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a ruling manner; so as to rule; controllingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a ruling manner; so as to rule.
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- adverb In a
ruling manner; so as to rule.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The loathing and dismay vulgarly experienced thus, it is true, arise from an exaggerated misapprehension of the basis and meaning of the facts: rightly appreciated, all is rulingly alive, aspirant, beautiful, and benignant.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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Fifthly, the persons who partake rulingly of these qualities are the devil's enslaved subjects and lineal children: in sinful bondage to him, in depraved communion with him, they dwell in a state of hostile banishment and unhappiness, which is moral death.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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