venomouslyadv.

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 147 Also among þe peple he blamede venymliche [Harl. MS. venymouslich; Caxton venymously]..þe outrage of riche men.]

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) l. 1260 The serpent namyd jaculus,..Qwat that he vppon fallyth, so venymusly he doth yt smyght, That forth-with yt deyth.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Chinche A worme that in hot countries lieth about beds, and biteth venemously. Cimex.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvii. 47 These things sting his mind, So venomously that burning shame detaines him from Cordelia. View more context for this quotation

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 360 He..put his hand into the hole, and had it most venomously bitten by a poysonous serpent.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 138 His praise of Foes is venemously Nice.

1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God i. ii. 34 These facts are surely sufficient to refute..those gross charges against the private character of Seneca, venomously retailed by a jealous Greekling.

1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola III. 134 ‘Oh, yes,’ he cried venomously, ‘you look very innocent’.

1898 J. Arch Story of Life xvi. 385 The Union..was venomously assailed by men who up till then had declared they were its best friends.