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burglariously

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From burglarious + -ly.

  1. 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 […]