Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a harmful or injurious way: Describes an action done in a manner that causes damage, deterioration, or is very unpleasant and potentially dangerous to health or well-being.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The factory smokestacks emitted fumes noxiously into the air. (The factory released harmful fumes into the air in a damaging way.)
  • He noxiously influenced the younger members of the group with his cynical views. (He influenced the younger members in a harmful and corrupting manner.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to modify verbs describing emission, influence, or effect: Often describes how something harmful is released, spreads, or impacts something else.
  • The weeds grew noxiously, choking out all the native plants. (The weeds grew in an aggressively harmful way, damaging the ecosystem.)
  • Rumors about the company's finances spread noxiously through the market. (The rumors spread in a damaging and destructive way.)

Variants and Related Words

• Noxious (adjective): Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
  • They were exposed to noxious chemicals.
• Noxiousness (noun): The quality of being harmful or poisonous.
  • The noxiousness of the substance required careful handling.

Synonyms

• Detrimentally: In a way that causes harm or damage.
• Deleteriously: In a way that has a harmful effect.
• Harmfully: In a way that causes or is capable of causing harm.
• Perniciously: In a way that has a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Antonyms

• Beneficially: In a way that produces good or helpful results.
• Harmlessly: In a way that causes no harm.
• Salubriously: In a way that promotes health or well-being.

Related Phrases and Constructions

• To act noxiously: To behave in a harmful or corrupting manner.
  • The dictator's propaganda acted noxiously on public opinion.
• To emit something noxiously: To release a substance in a harmful way.
  • The volcano began to emit gases noxiously.

Adverb

1. in a detrimental manner