Balefully

adv. [f. prec. + -LY².] In a baleful manner: a. Injuriously, hurtfully; b. Miserably, painfully, sadly.

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c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 3959. I balfulli here-bi-fore was brout al bi-neþe. Ibid., 84. So balfully he grinneþ.

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c. 1400. Destr. Troy, XXIX. 11983. The burgh … baillfully distroyet.

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1838. Carlyle, Misc. (1857), IV. 173. And hurry him balefully into Night!

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1842. Whittock, Compl. Bk. Trades, 438. Which laws … operated balefully upon the superiority of the articles.

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