nonabusively

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Etymology

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nonabusive +‎ -ly

Adverb

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nonabusively (not comparable)

  1. In a nonabusive manner.
    • 2009 June 23, Bob Herbert, “Who Are We?”, in New York Times[1]:
      President Obama is O.K. with this (he calls it “prolonged detention”), but he wants to make sure it is carried out — here comes the oxymoron — fairly and nonabusively.