Meanings
adverbinjuriously (comparative more injuriously, superlative most injuriously)
comparative more injuriously · superlative most injuriously
- In an injurious manner; in a manner that injures or damages.
It was in vain to diſcover my Reſentments, which were always turned into Ridicule; and I was forced to reſt with Patience while my noble and moſt beloved Country was ſo injuriouſly treated.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Love of His Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 269
Origin
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