Usually means: In a manner causing harm.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word poisonously:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. poisonously: Merriam-Webster
  2. poisonously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poisonously: Collins English Dictionary
  4. poisonously: Vocabulary.com
  5. poisonously: Wordnik
  6. poisonously: Wiktionary
  7. poisonously: Dictionary.com
  8. poisonously: Rhymezone
  9. poisonously: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. poisonously: FreeDictionary.org
  11. poisonously: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. poisonously: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poisonously: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. poisonously: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. poisonously: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (poisonously)

▸ adverb:  In a poisonous manner.
▸ adverb:  (obsolete) Using poison.

Similar:
venomously, toxically, perniciously, harmfully, wickedly, corrosively, pestiferously, heinously, viperously, noxiously, more...

Opposite:
harmlessly, innocuously, non-toxically

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Similar:
venomously, toxically, perniciously, harmfully, wickedly, corrosively, pestiferously, heinously, viperously, noxiously, more...

Opposite:
harmlessly, innocuously, non-toxically



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