cancerously

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adverb

In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.

“cancerously diseased cells”

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Meanings

adverbcancerously (comparative more cancerously, superlative most cancerously)

comparative more cancerously · superlative most cancerously

  1. In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.

    He was motionless for a moment, breathing deeply, and then he separated himself from them, leaning his body away, with a distaste that he could feel growing cancerously.

    2005, Mario Vargas Llosa, Conversation in the Cathedral: a novel, page 323
  2. With cancer.

    cancerously diseased cells

Origin

From cancerous + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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