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Antonyms for rancorously

Grammar : Adv
Spell : rang-ker-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræŋ kər əs

Definition of rancorously

Origin :
  • 1580s, from rancor + -ous. Related: Rancorously; rancorousness.
  • As in hard : adv with resentment
Example sentences :
  • Again he says that "Clay is as rancorously benevolent as John Randolph."
  • Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse
  • In this respect no kindred movement is so decidedly infidel, so rancorously and avowedly anti-biblical.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Women's Rights » by Eugene A. Hecker
  • "Ef he war roasted 'twould be mighty peaceful round in Lonesome," the old crone exclaimed, rancorously.
  • Extract from : « 'way Down In Lonesome Cove » by Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
  • There Colden stood, with a rancorously jubilant smile, to receive him.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Dragoon » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • He was, besides, deeply and rancorously prejudiced against that nation.
  • Extract from : « Ormond, Volume I (of 3) » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • Saxe is fettered to her hand and foot, and the Duchesse de Bouillon hates her as rancorously as she does Adrienne.
  • Extract from : « Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories » by Ouida
  • By the opposite party he was rancorously hated; and their malignant calumnies still sully the stream of history.
  • Extract from : « Constitutional History of England, volume 3 of 3 » by Henry Hallam
  • The clergy fear him, the Court detests him, and the Roman aristocracy are rancorously hostile.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • The whole community is rancorously divided into parties on almost every subject.
  • Extract from : « A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World » by Charles Darwin
  • For his part he rancorously hated hydropathics, having once spent a black week under the roof of one in his wife's company.
  • Extract from : « Huntingtower » by John Buchan

Synonyms for rancorously

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