Definition of Consumedly

1. adv. Excessively.

Definition of Consumedly

1. Adverb. In a way that entirely consumes one ¹

2. Adverb. deucedly; extremely ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consumedly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consumedly

consulting detective
consulting detectives
consulting firm
consulting service
consulting staff
consultive
consultor
consultors
consults
consumable
consumables
consumate
consume
consumed
consumedly (current term)
consumer
consumer advocacy
consumer credit
consumer durables
consumer finance company
consumer good
consumer goods
consumer loan
consumer organizations
consumer participation
consumer price index
consumer research
consumer rights
consumer satisfaction

Literary usage of Consumedly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Intensives and Down-toners: A Study in English Adverbs by Cornelis Stoffel (1901)
"consumedly is old slang for 'confoundedly', but is often used as an intensive; Thackeray, ... 13: Money of which George was consumedly in want; Dickens, ..."

2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... a common spelling in old editions of Shakespeare, &c. consumedly, excessively; ' I believe they talked of me ; for they laughed consumedly', Farquhar, ..."

3. Good Queen Anne; Or, Men and Manners, Life and Letters in England's Augustan by William Henry Davenport Adams (1886)
"My head aches consumedly. Well, gentlemen, you shall have her fortune, but I can't talk. If you have a mind, Sir Charles, to be merry, and celebrate my ..."

4. The British Theatre by Inchbald (1808)
"How ! my writings! my head aches consumedly. —Well, gentlemen, you shall have her fortune, ... But my head aches consumedly;—Scrub, bring me a dram. ..."

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