noxiouslyadv.
/ˈnɒkʃəsli/, U.S. /ˈnɑkʃəsli/ In a noxious manner; harmfully, injuriously, perniciously.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
ill1483
mischievously1512
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
evilly1631
damageably1648
poisonously1746
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
damnously1884
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
prejudicially1467
ill1483
mischievously1512
pestilently1528
badly1580
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
prejudiciously1614
evilly1631
damageably1648
deleteriously1657
disserviceablya1670
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
detrimentally1879
damnously1884
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Noxiously... Hurtfully, perniciously.
1811 Ld. Byron Let. 21 Aug. (1973) II. 76 A most decided Atheist, indeed noxiously so.
1854 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 375 The surface of Italy and France steams noxiously with the spilt wine of the new dispensation.
1879 M. Arnold Democracy in Mixed Ess. 24 That which operates noxiously in the one, may operate wholesomely in the other.
1908 Polit. Sci. Q. 23 123 The like might apparently be done with impersonal material items which are wastefully or noxiously employed.
1951 Science 10 Aug. 150/1 The skin in the areas tested must be raised to this temperature to be noxiously stimulated, regardless of the initial level of skin temperature.
1962 Brittonia 14 332 A decidedly unhandsome low, small-leaved, minute-flowered, noxiously thorny shrub in the Royal Botanic Garden at Madrid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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