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Cancerously

cancerous \can"cer*ous\, a. [Cf. F. canc['e]reux] Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth. ``cancerous vices''
--G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] -- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Can"cer*ous*ness, n.

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cancerously

adv. 1 In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading. 2 With cancer.

Usage examples of "cancerously".

At last the moss was so glutted that it went into sporulation, puffing up cancerously and sending milky clouds of reproductive bodies spewing into the air.

Lightning bolts of energy radiated cancerously from virtually every one of them, as if space itself were on the verge of breaking up.