auriferously
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From auriferous + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]auriferously (comparative more auriferously, superlative most auriferously)
- In an auriferous manner.
- 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Getting On”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the second (Riches), page 466:
- Only one thing sat otherwise than auriferously, and at the same time lightly, on Mr. Dorrit's mind.