rejectfully

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From rejectful +‎ -ly.

Adverb[edit]

rejectfully (comparative more rejectfully, superlative most rejectfully)

  1. (rare) In a rejectful manner.
    • 1897, The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers:
      For answer to complaint herein
      Defendant most respectfully
      Denies the same, disputes the claim,
      And utterly, rejectfully.
    • 1916, Edward Charles Booth, Fondie, page 215:
      [] — knowing that Fondie would never question any coin that came from her fingers, or put any metal so consecrated to the test of his teeth, or shake his head over it rejectfully, as other people might do — he would gaze at the little treasury of small silver pieces as though they represented the precious particles of Blanche's self.
    • 1995, Muḥammad Ismāʻīl, Taqwiyat-ul-Imān, page 38:
      We must recognize the sayings of the saints, observations of the scholars and the customs observed within one's community in case the said things confirm to the standards set forth by Qur'an and Sunnah and likewise we should rejectfully shun them in case they do not.