Definition of Mercurially

1. adv. In a mercurial manner.

Definition of Mercurially

1. Adverb. In a mercurial manner. ¹

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Definition of Mercurially

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercurially

mercurial line
mercurial ointment
mercurial phosphorus
mercurial stomatitis
mercurial tremor
mercurialentis
mercurialism
mercurialist
mercurialists
mercurialities
mercuriality
mercurialize
mercurialized
mercurializes
mercurializing
mercurially (current term)
mercurialness
mercurialnesses
mercurials
mercuriation
mercuriations
mercuribenzoates
mercuric
mercuric chloride
mercuric iodide
mercuric oleate
mercuric oxide
mercuric reductase
mercuric salicylate
mercuric sulfide

Literary usage of Mercurially

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

1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1904)
"Isabella was the true child of her age in this respect, but though she rose and fell mercurially to every change of temperature in her environment, she had, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"... that rupia was extremely rare when no mercury was useu ; that bone- disease did not occur unless in mercurially treated cases ; and that, in short, ..."

3. Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells (1910)
"... in a London ' block,' but there is something more fluent, more mercurially impatient, in a New York street jam, which our nerves more vividly partake. ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Pertaining to Mercury as god of eloquence. mercurially (mer-ku'ri-al-i), adv. 1. In a mercurial manner.—2. By means of mercury. ..."

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