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poisonously adverb uk /ˈpɔɪ.zən.əs.li/ us /ˈpɔɪ.zən.əs.li/ in a way that is very harmful and able to cause illness or death: The town contains a number of poisonously polluted factories. Some of these insects can sting poisonously. in a very unpleasant and unkind way: His mother was a poisonously vicious woman. He would often complain poisonously about the influence of foreigners. All of the land within ten miles of the nuclear accident is poisonously radioactive. The chief executive is poisonously unpopular with other members of the board. The men glared poisonously at one another. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Poisoning and allergy allergen allergenic anaphylactic anaphylactic shock anaphylaxis animatedly doctor something with something envenomation fly agaric hypersensitivity hypoallergenic intolerance poisoning poisonous ptomaine toxicity toxicologist toxicology toxin Warfarin
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