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INFECTIOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does infectiously mean?
• INFECTIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb INFECTIOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a contagious manner
Familiarity information: INFECTIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a contagious manner
Synonyms:
contagiously; infectiously
Context example:
she was contagiously bubbly
Pertainym:
infectious (easily spread)
Context examples
"I don't see how they can help it," returned Mr. Brooke, laughing so infectiously that Mrs. March could not help smiling.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
How can I, when the mere idea of you, married and settled, is so irresistibly funny that I can't keep sober! answered Jo, smiling all over her face, so infectiously that they had another laugh, and then settled down for a good talk, quite in the pleasant old fashion.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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