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| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. With plundering violence; by violent injustice.[Websters] 2. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective direptitious.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (direptitious) |
1. Characterized by direption.[Websters]. 2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb direptitiously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Direptitiously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Note: Direptitiously \Di*rep*ti"tious*ly\, adverb. With plundering violence; by violent injustice.. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. With plundering violence; by violent injustice.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective direptitious.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (direptitious) | 1. Characterized by direption.[Websters]. 2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb direptitiously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DIREPTITIOUSLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Direptitiously \Di*rep*ti"tious*ly\, adverb. With plundering violence; by violent injustice.. (references) |