Definition of insidiously in English:
insidiously
adverb ɪnˈsɪdɪəsliɪnˈsɪdiəsli
In a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
anxiety insidiously infiltrates your thoughts and behaviour
slowly and insidiously the alcohol tightens its grip on the drinker
Example sentencesExamples
- He was innocent, framed by the insidiously evil schoolteacher.
- The whole concept of the scout, insidiously checking that we behave, is similarly ridiculous.
- Prejudices are not only brought to texts, they are insidiously assigned them.
- The actor's low-key approach makes this the most insidiously terrifying individual he has ever portrayed.
- Even more insidiously, tracking information can be used to exert social control.
- Piped insidiously into the atmosphere is a loop of orchestral arrangements of popular songs.
- Such a situation is not just wrong per se—it also insidiously disfigures civic life.
- What I hadn't yet realized was how insidiously memorable it is.
- A young acrobat can see an insidiously expanding mole on the face of those marked for imminent death.
- This spectacular cinematic achievement was marred only by the film's insidiously racist vision of the post–Civil War era.
Definition of insidiously in US English:
insidiously
adverbinˈsidēəslēɪnˈsɪdiəsli
In a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
anxiety insidiously infiltrates your thoughts and behavior
slowly and insidiously the alcohol tightens its grip on the drinker
Example sentencesExamples
- A young acrobat can see an insidiously expanding mole on the face of those marked for imminent death.
- Such a situation is not just wrong per se—it also insidiously disfigures civic life.
- Even more insidiously, tracking information can be used to exert social control.
- Piped insidiously into the atmosphere is a loop of orchestral arrangements of popular songs.
- Prejudices are not only brought to texts, they are insidiously assigned them.
- What I hadn't yet realized was how insidiously memorable it is.
- The whole concept of the scout, insidiously checking that we behave, is similarly ridiculous.
- He was innocent, framed by the insidiously evil schoolteacher.
- This spectacular cinematic achievement was marred only by the film's insidiously racist vision of the post–Civil War era.
- The actor's low-key approach makes this the most insidiously terrifying individual he has ever portrayed.