poisonously
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7.3
- adverb
- /ˈpɔɪzənəsli/
:
venenosamente
- "Are you always this cheerful early in the morning?" she responded with a poisonously sweet smile.
- poisonously so
Examples
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The villain spoke poisonously, trying to manipulate his victims with every word.
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"Mitro teased her sister-in-law playfully, "Phulan, my queen, showing our innocent mother how poisonously you can sting?"
Fiction book (1992) -
He's so poisonously good.
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As long as reporters pretend they are covering the news when Rahm says something and it becomes a fact, every lie is slipped poisonously into the mainstream.
Blog text (24) -
Somewhere a little past midnight, a guy with a pierced tongue drifted through the crowd passing out fliers Xeroxed on poisonously pink paper.
Fiction book (1999) -
She smiled poisonously at her opponent, revealing her true malicious intent.
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The rumor spread poisonously through the office, damaging reputations without cause.
Synonyms
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5.7
In a cruel and violent way
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7.1
In a way that wants to hurt someone or cause trouble
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6.3
In a way that seems likely to hurt or scare someone
5
6.3
In an evil and cruel way that harms other people
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6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
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8.4
In a cruel way to hurt or frighten others
3
8.7
In an angry and hurtful way
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8.1
In a slow secret way that causes harm
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7.6
To break someone's trust by betraying them
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8.6
In a way that shows a wish to hurt others
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8.2
Saying or doing things with very strong anger and hate toward someone
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8.2
In a very cruel and unfair way
1
7.0
In a harmful or poisonous way
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4.3
In a way that causes damage or hurts others
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8.9
In a very dishonest or illegal way
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8.9
In a way that causes harm slowly without being noticed
In a mean and harmful way
In a cruel way that shows bad intentions
In a cruel way showing pleasure at others' pain
In a way that seems evil or threatening
In a way that causes great harm
A harmful way that hurts people, animals, or plants
Antonyms
How Malicious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Poisonously comes from poison, which once meant a 'drink' or potion that could hurt or kill someone. So to act poisonously is to speak or behave in a way that 'poisons' a person or situation, meaning to be harmful and mean.