poisonously

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpɔɪzənəsli/ UK /ˈpɔɪzənəsli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a venomous or toxically harmful manner

She smiled poisonously before delivering the insult.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a venomous or toxically... venomouslytoxicallynoxiouslymalignantlyvirulentlybanefully

Opposites

harmlessly benignly

Word family

Related forms poison poisonous poisoner

Etymology

From poisonous (from poison, from Old French poison 'potion, poison', from Latin potio 'drink, potion', from potare 'to drink') + -ly.

poison Old French potio Latin potare Latin

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# poisonously

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɔɪzənəsli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɔɪzənəsli/

## Meanings
1. in a venomous or toxically harmful manner

## Examples
- She smiled poisonously before delivering the insult.

## Synonyms
- venomously
- toxically
- noxiously
- malignantly
- virulently
- banefully

## Antonyms
- harmlessly
- benignly

## Related Forms
- poison
- poisonous
- poisoner

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: poison
- Root: potio
- Root: potare

## Etymology
From poisonous (from poison, from Old French poison 'potion, poison', from Latin potio 'drink, potion', from potare 'to drink') + -ly.

## AI Etymology
Poisonously comes from poisonous (from poison, from Old French poison 'potion, poison', from Latin potio 'drink, potion', from potare 'to drink') + -ly. The etymological trail includes Old French poison, Latin potio, and Latin potare. As an adverb, poisonously means in a venomous or toxically harmful manner. The same family is visible in related forms such as poison, poisonous, and poisoner. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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