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nauseously

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Etymology

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From nauseous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nauseously (comparative more nauseously, superlative most nauseously)

  1. In a nauseous manner.
    • 2000 July 5, “The naked truth”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Otherwise, the films of Cassavetes were always more praised than seen and some of the fulsome tributes to him when he died in 1989 were nauseously hypocritical.
    • 2024 October 1, Robert Reich, “Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why”, in The Guardian[2]:
      Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I’m nauseously optimistic, because, to be candid, I go into the next five weeks feeling a bit sick to my stomach.