Definition of "ruinously" [ruinously]

• In a way that will cause ruin. (adverb)

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• "What does distract ruinously from the power of "City of Thieves" is the barrier between its characters 'emotions and the reader's .... without our ability to be moved by his predicament, this well-crafted tale about the endless opportunities for suffering weakens into a harmless entertainment."
• "Even if taxes reached a level that everyone agreed was ruinously excessive, some of that money would be spent on things of some value."
• "'Self-taxation' was the official name for a ruinously heavy tax imposed on private farmers, often exacted from them by force."