adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an amusive manner.
1776. R. Chandler, Trav. Greece, 12 (T.). A south-easterly wind succeeded, blowing fresh, and murmuring amusively among the pines.
1858. P. J. Bailey, The Age, 20.
| His eye was always turned on you intrusively, | |
| An air acquired, to speak of it amusively, | |
| By looking into millstones too exclusively. |
