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Definition of Preclusively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preclusively
Literary usage of Preclusively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"... because, they say, it weighs heavily, if not preclusively, In that It shows
the futility of depending upon a gift made two years before. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"preclusively, (pre-khj'-siv le) ad. With hinderance by some anticipation.
PRECOCIOUS, (pre-ko'-she-us) a. Ripe before the time. ..."
3. Apologetic Postscript to the Rhapsody by E. Barton (1823)
"... (God is Love,*) preclusively to remove this abomination from his creatures ?
Then why again is Evil, with its attendant miseries, to be found ? ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"... because, they say, it weighs heavily, if not preclusively, In that It shows
the futility of depending upon a gift made two years before. ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"preclusively, (pre-khj'-siv le) ad. With hinderance by some anticipation.
PRECOCIOUS, (pre-ko'-she-us) a. Ripe before the time. ..."
6. Apologetic Postscript to the Rhapsody by E. Barton (1823)
"... (God is Love,*) preclusively to remove this abomination from his creatures ?
Then why again is Evil, with its attendant miseries, to be found ? ..."
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