poisonous
adjective
full of or containing poison.
poisonously
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a word derived from
poisonous.
Example Sentences
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Have we become poisonously cynical or properly sceptical?
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
“Let me tell you something in confidence,” he says, poisonously.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
In fact, the persecution has only made her more poisonously smug in her Android unilateralism.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2023
But the baggage of those years has lingered poisonously on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2015
But when April made her smile poisonously sweet and said, “Oh no,” she seemed to get the point and stopped asking questions.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
