bubonically

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adverb

In terms of, or by means of, bubonic plague.

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Meanings

adverbbubonically (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn terms of, or by means of, bubonic plague.

    Strong-willed and good in a crisis, she was exactly the girl Cornel Wilde needed to lance his plague boil and pull him through when the population of London was being bubonically decimated.

    1969, Ian Alexander Cameron, Elisabeth Cameron, Dames, page 22

Origin

From bubonic + -ally.

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APA

bubonically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bubonically

MLA

“bubonically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bubonically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bubonically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bubonically.

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