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combustibly

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English

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Etymology

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From combustible +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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combustibly (comparative more combustibly, superlative most combustibly)

  1. 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!"