consumedly
English
Etymology
consumed + -ly. In the sense "extremely", perhaps influenced by confoundedly and/or consummately.
Adverb
consumedly (comparative more consumedly, superlative most consumedly)
- In a way that entirely consumes one
- 1860, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860:
- They give every token of hating their neighbors consumedly; argal, they are going to be madly enamored of them.
- 1913, Stewart Edward White, The Land of Footprints:
- The men took it as a huge joke, and at every pause laughed consumedly.
- 1915, James Branch Cabell, The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck:
- And so, we are proud--yes! we are consumedly proud, and we know that we have earned the right to be proud.
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- deucedly; extremely
- 1900, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Red Axe:
- These border rascals are apt to be restless in the dark hours, and their knives prick most consumedly sharp!
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