poisonously

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poi·son·ous

(poi′zə-nəs)

adj.

a. Containing or being a poison: poisonous fumes.

b. Capable of harming or killing by poison: poisonous tentacles.

a. Full of ill will; malicious or spiteful: a poisonous look.

b. Harmful or destructive: a poisonous precedent.

poi′son·ous·ly adv.

poi′son·ous·ness n.

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Adv.

poisonously - in a very malevolent manner

venomously

Translations

بصورةٍ سامَّه

jedovatě

giftigt

giftig

mérgezően

á eitraîan hátt

zehirli olarak

恶毒地

poison

(ˈpoizn) noun

any substance which causes death or illness when taken into the body. She killed herself by taking poison; (also adjective) poison gas.

verb

1. to kill or harm with poison. He poisoned his wife.

2. to put poison into (food etc). He poisoned her coffee.

ˈpoisoner noun

ˈpoisonous adjective

containing or using poison. That fruit is poisonous; a poisonous snake.

ˈpoisonously adverb

poison-pen letter

an anonymous letter saying wicked things about a person etc.

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Cover up a pound of earth never so cunningly, divide and subdivide it; melt it to liquid, convert it to gas; it will always weigh a pound; it will always attract and resist other matter by the full virtue of one pound weight:--and the attributes of a person, his wit and his moral energy, will exercise, under any law or extinguishing tyranny, their proper force,--if not overtly, then covertly; if not for the law, then against it; if not wholesomely, then poisonously; with right, or by might.

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