Meanings
adverbfugitively (comparative more fugitively, superlative most fugitively)
comparative more fugitively · superlative most fugitively
- In a fugitive manner.
Yes indeed, in so far as he wished, in so far as he feared, to see Mr. Knott face to face, his wish made him sorry, his fear glad, that he saw him so seldom, and at such a great distance as a rule, and so fugitively, and so often sideways on, and even from behind.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
Origin
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APA
fugitively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fugitively
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“fugitively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fugitively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fugitively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fugitively.
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