fumously

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adverb

In a fumous manner, in fumes; (by extension) angrily

OriginMiddle English fumousli →
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Meanings

adverbfumously (comparative more fumously, superlative most fumously)

comparative more fumously · superlative most fumously

  1. archaicIn a fumous manner, in fumes; (by extension) angrily

    And heaping words upon words, would gladly belike that the party should have carted them away, and well remembered them, and therefore said fumously unto him: “Dost thou hear me?"

    1560, Thomas Wilson, Art of Rhetoric

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfumousli
  2. Englishfumously

From Middle English fumousli, fumowsly, equivalent to fumous + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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