adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an explosive manner; in the manner of an explosion; from or with explosion.

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1805.  Hatchett, in Phil. Trans., XCV. 292. So great a portion of gas was almost explosively produced, as to overset the jar.

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1822.  Blackw. Mag., XI. 190. Our hero … was … in danger of bursting explosively like an overcharged musket.

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1859.  R. F. Burton, Centr. Afr., in Jrnl. Geog. Soc., XXIX. 271. Every word seems to be articulated so explosively that a stranger would imagine the offended speaker to be spitting at him.

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