accursingly
advEtymology From accursing + -ly.
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Rare In an accursing manner.
- No drunkard shall ever accursingly say / That I ever thawrted^([sic]) his soul’s destiny, / For a moment I could not the thought endure / That my life’s habits made his life impure, / If all other actions of mine were so free, / That mainly they each would bear scrutiny, / Yet how could I ever such sad truth abide, / If the drunkard through me from the truth turned aside.1873 August 26, Pharpar [pseudonym], “Peccavi; or The Moderator’s Surrender”, in The Bacup Times, and Rossendale Advertiser, number 435, Bacup, Lancs., published 6 September 1873, Poetry section, page 7, column 1:
- They fled at once, and would have escaped undiscovered had not two pet ravens of the murdered Count followed and hovered over them, croaking most accursingly as far as Zurich, where the attention of the citizens was attracted to the unusual sight, and the villains were arrested and finally executed.1901 February, Jane Nearlein, “The Land of William Tell”, in Overland Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine of the West, volume XXXVII, number 2, San Francisco, Calif.: Frederick Marriott, pages 714–715:
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- Mr. Kipling is easily forgiven because of his famous, popular writings; but the fact that his poem was snarlingly and accursingly hurled at us, who knew it not, nor cared to know it, can not be easily forgotten nor forgiven.1926 October 21, an Eaglet [pseudonym], “A Twisted Tale (With no Apologies to Kipling)”, in The Watchtower, volume IV, number 5, Macon, Ga.: […] [T]he students of Wesleyan College, […], page 2, column 3:
- “Stephen, you go over there and find what he threw away.” The youth climbed the rail fence. His search was brief; the bottle was easily seen against the brown earth of the field. He handed it accursingly to his father.1927 July 7, Michael J. Phillips, “Cedar Swamp”, in The Okfuskee County News, volume XXIII, number 42, Okemah, Okla., chapter II, page two, column 6:
- Two heads are said to be better than one, and perhaps seeing oneself in the mirror doubles the the^([sic]) concentration. Either that or the reflection stares accursingly and jolts the mind into arriving at a decision.1955 October 29, Tom Sims (King Features Syndicate, Inc.), “Good Morning”, in Sand Mountain Reporter, volume 1, number 62, Albertville, Ala., page 1, column 5:
- “How,” I asked accursingly, “have you managed to keep your figure? What’s your secret?”1965 October 21, Mary Carpenter, “Advertisement: I was so envious of her figure… then she told me how she discovered the Mrs. Magics at Orchard House”, in The Coventry Evening Telegraph, 75th year, number 23,127, Coventry, West Midlands, section “The Secret”, page 9, column 4: