consumedly

English[edit]

consumed +‎ -ly. In the sense "extremely", perhaps influenced by confoundedly and/or consummately.

consumedly (comparative more consumedly, superlative most consumedly)

In a way that entirely consumes one
- 1860, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860‎^[1]:
  They give every token of hating their neighbors consumedly; argal, they are going to be madly enamored of them.
- 1913, Stewart Edward White, The Land of Footprints‎^[2]:
  The men took it as a huge joke, and at every pause laughed consumedly.
- 1915, James Branch Cabell, The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck‎^[3]:
  And so, we are proud--yes! we are consumedly proud, and we know that we have earned the right to be proud.
(dated, colloquial) deucedly; extremely
- 1900, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Red Axe‎^[4]:
  These border rascals are apt to be restless in the dark hours, and their knives prick most consumedly sharp!