noxious
adjective
harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being.
noxiously
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a word derived from
noxious.
Example Sentences
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But truly this is the narcissism of small differences – one Thrombey is as noxiously privileged and entitled as the next.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2019
This one was titled “My Father, My Attack Dog” and gave additional context to his decision beyond simply wanting to avoid creating the sequel to R.E.M.’s most noxiously catchy hit.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2019
Unless Ms. Russell had you at “alligator wrestlers” — not likely — you may well recoil at every noxiously fanciful item on that list.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2011
But there is also his composition Elevations 9, a chamber concerto for violin, sitar, bass guitar and bongos, and his affair with an ob noxiously ill-tempered girl named Sylvia.
From Time Magazine Archive
A host of mystical beliefs and sects and cults mushroomed noxiously in the humid shadows of irrationality.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin
