combustibly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
combustible + -ly
Adverb[edit]
combustibly (comparative more combustibly, superlative most combustibly)
- in a combustible manner
- 2003 November 28, Lawrence Bommer, “The Play's the Thing”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- So it's not surprising that Terry McCabe's theatrically assured, combustibly comic staging is superior to Borealis Theatre's revival two months ago.
- 1913, Owen Johnson, Murder in Any Degree[2]:
- All at once holding his sides, he found a little breath and cried combustibly: "A can-can!"