explosively

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-h₂-
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d-
Latin plaudō
Latin explodō
Latin explōs-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English explosive
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English explosively

    From explosive + -ly.

    Adverb

    explosively (comparative more explosively, superlative most explosively)

    1. In an explosive manner.
      • 2018, Judy Hall, The Astrology Bible:
        An unaspected planet bides its time and then emerges, often explosively and seemingly out of character. These potent loners are a hidden influence within the chart.

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