Meanings
adverbauriferously (comparative more auriferously, superlative most auriferously)
comparative more auriferously · superlative most auriferously
- In an auriferous manner.
Only one thing sat otherwise than auriferously, and at the same time lightly, on Mr. Dorrit's mind.
1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Getting On”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 2nd book (Riches), page 466
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