burglariously

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
13

Definition of burglariously

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (dated)As a burglar; in order to burgle.
    “John Hornby was committed on Monday last to Newgate by Justice Ward, for Burglariously entering the House of a Watchmaker in Essex-street and feloniously stealing thence seven Watches; […]”
    “Cheops erected the first Pyramid / And largest, thinking it was just the thing / To keep his memory whole, and mummy hid; / But somebody or other rummaging, / Burglariously broke his coffin's lid […]”
    “On Wednesday night two rascals burglariously entered the residence of a Mr. M'Knight, on Stanwix street, near the Point, by forcing open the back door.”
    “[…] then and there feloniously and burglariously did steal, take and carry away.”
    “Under Rev. St. 1900, § 4528, permitting a charge both of burglary and larceny, when the larceny is committed at the time of the burglary in the building burglariously entered, to be joined in the same count of an information […]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From burglarious + -ly.

Words you can make from burglariously

200+ playable · top: GARRULOUSLY (15 pts)

Best play garrulously 15 points

11-letter words

1 word

9-letter words

3 words

8-letter words

14 words

7-letter words

44 words

6-letter words

88 words

5-letter words

49 words

Find your best play with burglariously

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes burglariously, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.