What does poisonously mean?
Poisonously means In a poisonous manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a poisonous manner..
c. 1900, Thomas Edison, quotation The x-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally.
To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
Use poisonously when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Poisonously means In a poisonous manner..
Common synonyms include venomously.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
c. 1900, Thomas Edison, quotation The x-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally.
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