Pestilentially
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Pestilentially is an adverb meaning In a pestilential manner; with pestilence.
Meaning
In a pestilential manner; with pestilence.
Example Sentences
For a conclusion, I shal only point you to some few more spots which appeare here and there in the body of the Gangrene, which plainly shew the very vitals & inward parts of it to be pestilentially infected;
[…] folly and prejudice have spread themselves so pestilentially among all ranks and denominations; that any person, who now would endeavour to benefit his country from a praiseworthy principle of integrity […] the patriot would be hooted at for a madman,
1917, M. K. Gandhi, “Third Class in Indian Railways,” communication to the press on 25 September, 1917, Bhadarkali-Lahore: Gandhi Publications League, 1917, p. 5, There was a pipe in it [the water closet] but no water, and I say without fear of challenge that it was pestilentially dirty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pestilently, pestiferously, purulently, verminously, plaguily, putrescently.
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