ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Banefully

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Banefully is an adverb meaning In a baneful way.

Meaning

In a baneful way.

Example Sentences

True, there might be a slight difficulty in the shame, but as regarded the sin, there was no item of that kind ever scored down on the Bar-slate that had its own familiar peg whereon to hang such tales of evil as must pain and shock every pure mind—tales of devilish import, eventualizing, in most instances, most grievously and banefully—in rags, want of food, perhaps in crime, and almost, for certain, in pauperism!

Synonyms for banefully

Depending on context, synonyms include perniciously.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include perniciously, harmfully, balefully, direfully, blightedly, malefically.

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