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destructively

adv

Etymology

From destructive + -ly.

  1. derived from dēstrūctīvus
  2. derived from destructif
  3. inherited from destructyve
  4. suffixed as destructively — “destructive + ly”

Definitions

  1. in a destructive manner

    in a destructive manner: in a way that causes destruction

    • The strength of man was not given to be used destructively but that he might build a temple worthy to be the dwelling place of the Great Architect of the universe.
    • Though he intends it destructively, Rothbard is right that there are relations between the millennial hope for justice he archly calls KGE—Kingdom of God on Earth—and communism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA