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consumedly, adv. (kənˈsjuːmɪdlɪ) [f. prec. + -ly2: cf. consume v. 7; probably sometimes associated with consummately.] Excessively, extremely, hugely. App. at first = confoundedly, as an expression of execration or dislike; slang of c 1700, which has been handed down by the dramatists of that day, a...
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consumed
consumed, ppl. a. (kənˈsjuːmd) [f. consume v.1 + -ed.] 1. Used up, burnt up, wasted, spent, eaten up.1601 Shakes. All's Well v. iii. 38 Not one word more of the consumed time. 1885 Law Times LXXIX. 130/1 Vestries consumed with gluttony and personal animosities. † 2. Wasted with disease; suffering fr...
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Althorpe Islands
habitations on all sides of the Althorpes; seals sport in secluded spots; swift seagulls and solemn shags make the welkin (whatever instrument that is) ring consumedly
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He later told Lyell that "Having burnt my own fingers so consumedly with the Wealden, I am fearful for you", and advised caution: "for Heaven-sake take
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drain
▪ I. drain, v. (dreɪn) Also 6–7 drean(e, drayne, drane, 7–8 drein, dreyn, (dreign). [OE. dréahnian (dréhnian, dréhniᵹean), prob. for *dréaᵹnian, f. root dréaᵹ- :—OTeut. *draug- dry. It is remarkable that, after the OE. period, no example of this word is known to occur for 500 years, till the 16th c....
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