consumptively
/kənˈsʌmptɪvli/
adverb
- In a way that relates to or is characteristic of tuberculosis (consumption).
- He spoke consumptively, his voice weak and raspy from the disease.
- The character in the play coughed consumptively throughout the second act.
- The old photographs showed patients resting consumptively on the sanatorium porch.
- In a manner that uses up resources wastefully or excessively.
- They lived consumptively, buying new things and discarding old ones without thought.
- The company operated consumptively, burning through its budget in months.
- The nation's economy grew consumptively, relying on ever-increasing resource use.
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