🧪 Causing damage 🗣️ In a harsh way

corrosively

7.4

In a way that slowly weakens people's trust and confidence with harsh words

adverb
/kəˈroʊsɪvli/

: corrosivamente

The critic spoke corrosively about the film's poor direction.

It's not just wrong, it's, it's corrosively wrong.

Examples

The manager spoke corrosively about the team's recent failures, lowering everyone's morale.
Rumors spread corrosively through the office, slowly eroding trust among colleagues.
His humor was often corrosively sarcastic, making others uncomfortable during meetings.
He corrosively pointed out the flaws in her argument.
The corrosively sarcastic comments from her colleague made collaboration difficult.
His corrosively critical review damaged the author's reputation significantly.
They argued corrosively about the project's direction, undermining team morale.

Synonyms

damagingly

vscorrosively

1 4.4

In a way that causes harm or bad results

undermines or weakens gradually with a sharp biting effect

deleteriously

vscorrosively

Formal

1 9.0

In a way that causes harm or damage

weakens or undermines gradually and sharply rather than causing broad harm

abrasively

vscorrosively

Specialized

6.6

In a way that rubs material off a surface

undermines or damages over time in a biting rather than physical rubbing way

Antonyms

constructively

11 4.1

In a helpful way that aims to improve something

How Undermining

ruinously

1 7.8

corrosively

7.4

subtly

48 5.1

Surface Forms

corrosively positive

Morphology

corrosively = corrosive (semi-transparent) = corrode + ive + ly

The morphological step from 'corrosive' to 'corrosively' is a regular adverbial formation with '-ly'.

Etymology

Corrosively comes from the Latin corrodere, with the root rodere meaning 'to gnaw' or 'to eat away', the same root as erode. So when behavior or words are corrosive, they slowly 'eat away' at trust, confidence, or relationships.