In a way that involves treating someone with cruelty or violence.
From abusive + -ly (adverb suffix), the modern standard way to form an adverb from the adjective abusive.
The 'ive' ending in 'abusive' signals a Latin past participle origin, and adding '-ly' to such adjectives is how English creates adverbs—a pattern so consistent that native speakers never think about it.
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