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Definition of Hurtfully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurtfully
Literary usage of Hurtfully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical and Physical Journal (1815)
"... and especially when they do not afford relief; and that when they are uselessly,
nay, hurtfully excessive, it is our duty, because it is indicated, ..."
2. Westover of Wanalah: A Story of Love and Life in Old Virginia by George Cary Eggleston (1910)
"These, and like things could be said without incurring a challenge from Carley
Farns- worth's wrath, and they were diligently and hurtfully said; hurtfully ..."
3. The Works of Lord Bolingbroke: With a Life, Prepared Expressly for this by Henry St. John Bolingbroke (1841)
"It was applied rather impertinently than hurtfully, to maintain Stoical apathy;
... But it was applied very hurtfully, indeed, and it is so still, ..."
4. The Real Shelley: New Views of the Poet's Life by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1885)
"In respect to the Real Shelley, I shall merely bring to light what has been
hurtfully withdrawn, or hurtfully withheld from view. ..."
5. The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke by Henry St. John Bolingbroke, Oliver Goldsmith (1809)
"It was applied rather impertinently than hurtfully, ... But it was applied very
hurtfully, indeed, and it is so still, by those who employ all the reason ..."
6. The Sphere and Duties of Government by Wilhelm Humboldt (1854)
"... far more hurtfully, the security of negotiations ; and lastly, ... operates
hurtfully on man's noblest powers; and since the success of the pursuit ..."
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