Etymology

explosively

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Today it means: In an explosive manner. Full definition →

English explosive ← Latin explōs-
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  1. Latinexplodō
  2. Latinexplōs-
  3. Englishexplosive
  4. English todayexplosively

From explosive + -ly.

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