noxiously
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Definition
- 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
- in a detrimental manner