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ˈvenomously, adv.
[f. venomous a. + -ly2.]
In a venomous manner; with venom or virulence; fiercely, malignantly, virulently. Chiefly fig.
c1400[see venomly adv.]. c1450J. Metham Wks. (E.E.T.S.) 47 The serpent namyd jaculus,..Qwat that he vppon fallyth, so venymusly he doth yt smyght, That forth-with yt deyth. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Chinche, a worme that in hot countries lieth about beds, and biteth venemously. Cimex. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. iii. 48 (Q.), These things sting his mind, So venomously that burning shame detaines him from Cordelia. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 360 He..put his hand into the hole, and had it most venomously bitten by a poysonous serpent. 1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 1172 His praise of Foes is venomously Nice. 1868Farrar Seekers i. ii. (1875) 34 These facts are surely sufficient to refute..those gross charges against the private character of Seneca, venomously retailed by a jealous Greekling. 1880Mrs. Forrester Roy & V. III. 134 ‘Oh, yes,’ he cried venomously, ‘you look very innocent’. 1898J. Arch Story Life xvi. 385 The Union..was venomously assailed by men who up till then had declared they were its best friends. |