Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a hurtful manner; injuriously.
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- adverb In a
hurtful manner.
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Examples
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Coleridge wrote that ‘My many weaknesses are of some advantage to me; they unite me more with the great mass of my fellow-beings – but dear Wordsworth appears to me to have hurtfully segregated and isolated his being.’
Wordsworth & Coleridge II « Tales from the Reading Room 2010
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Coleridge wrote that ‘My many weaknesses are of some advantage to me; they unite me more with the great mass of my fellow-beings – but dear Wordsworth appears to me to have hurtfully segregated and isolated his being.’
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Ward is a 12-stone Mayweather, almost impossible to hit cleanly and hurtfully accurate in reply.
Andre Ward beats Carl Froch into a distant second place | Kevin Mitchell 2011
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It allowed me to bury all the broken promises I made, all the times I let friends and family down, all the times I spoke loudly and forcefully and hurtfully to others and had no real knowledge to back up what I was saying.
The 7 Glenn Beck 2011
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I say we pass laws guaranteeing that no one ever be criticized or spoken hurtfully of ever again.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up. 2010
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I grabbed the tacks and placed Mary Jean's short story about a "Jade Tiger," Jessica's award-winning patriotic essay about the American flag, and Sarah's essay on students treating each other hurtfully, on the bulletin board.
Randy Turner: These Are My Students; This Is My School Randy Turner 2011
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I grabbed the tacks and placed Mary Jean's short story about a "Jade Tiger," Jessica's award-winning patriotic essay about the American flag, and Sarah's essay on students treating each other hurtfully, on the bulletin board.
Randy Turner: These Are My Students; This Is My School Randy Turner 2011
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An issue which gained national attention after Mr. Ablow -- who is a psychiatrist, author, and Fox News contributor -- ignorantly, purposefully, and hurtfully said in his Fox News column with regard to Mr. Bono appearing on ABC's Dancing With The Stars :
Douglas MacKinnon: A Conservative's Defense of Chaz Bono Douglas MacKinnon 2011
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I grabbed the tacks and placed Mary Jean's short story about a "Jade Tiger," Jessica's award-winning patriotic essay about the American flag, and Sarah's essay on students treating each other hurtfully, on the bulletin board.
Randy Turner: These Are My Students; This Is My School Randy Turner 2011
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Liberals and people of color abuse the power they have so hurtfully, especially when they employ sarcasm.
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