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cancerously

adv

Etymology

From cancerous + -ly.

  1. derived from cancerōsus
  2. inherited from cancerous
  3. suffixed as cancerously — “cancerous + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a cancerous manner

    In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.

    • He was motionless for a moment, breathing deeply, and then he separated himself from them, leaning his body away, with a distaste that he could feel growing cancerously.

  2. With cancer.

    • cancerously diseased cells

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