2. Adverb. In a particularly horrible or brutal manner, as painfully as possible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sadistically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sadistically
| sadhana sadhanas sadhe sadhes sadhu sadhus sadi sadic sadiron sadirons | sadis sadisms sadist sadistic sadistically (current term) sadists saditty sadly sadness sadnesses | sado sados |
Literary usage of Sadistically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"... a person hired by me could never take the place of my imagination of a 'cruel
mistress'. I doubt whether there are sadistically constituted women like ..."
2. English Local Government by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1922)
"When such people are terrified by an outburst of robbery with violence, or
sadistically excited by reports of the White Slave traffic, they clamor to have ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... which can be used contemptuously or even sadistically, to reinforce the majesty
of the scientific message and the layman's sense of exclusion from a ..."
4. Human Rights Violations in the United States: A Report on U.S. Compliance by Steven R. Shapiro (1993)
"In numerous incidents the officers acted, if not 'maliciously and sadistically,'
with at least a viciousness going beyond 'a good faith effort' to maintain ..."
5. The Sexual life of the child by Albert Moll (1919)
"In the case reported from Salzwedel some years ago, it is possible that the
offender was insane ; but he may have been sadistically inclined. ..."
6. The Psychoanalytic Method by Oskar Pfister (1917)
"If humanity would be spared the many sadistically inclined teachers, officers
and public prosecutors, mean superiors, ill- humored philosophers, ..."
7. No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons by Joanne Mariner (2001)
"In cases alleging excessive physical force by correctional staff, a prisoner must
prove that prison officials acted "maliciously and sadistically for the ..."
8. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"The Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution is violated when force is maliciously
and sadistically used against a prisoner to cause 253 Colorado Mental ..."
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