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Definition of Pestilentially - 3 dictionary results

pes⋅ti⋅len⋅tial

  [pes-tl-en-shuhl]
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–adjective
1. producing or tending to produce pestilence.
2. pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, esp. bubonic plague.
3. pernicious; harmful.
4. annoyingly troublesome.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML pestilentiālis. See pestilent, -ial

Related forms:
pes⋅ti⋅len⋅tial⋅ly, adverb
pes⋅ti⋅len⋅tial⋅ness, noun
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pes·ti·len·tial   (pěs'tə-lěn'shəl)   
adj.  Pestilent. See Synonyms at poisonous.
pes'ti·len'tial·ly adv.
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Pestilentially

Pes`ti*len"tial*ly\, adv. Pestilently.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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