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[syn: detrimentally, harmfully, noxiously]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Noxious \Nox"ious\, a. [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere
to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.]
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1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious;
destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air,
food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as,
noxious practices or examples.
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Too frequent an appearance in places of public
resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. --Swift.
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2. Guilty; criminal. [R.]
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Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. --Abp.
Bramhall.
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Syn: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive;
pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful;
unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome.
[1913 Webster] -- Nox"ious*ly, adv. --
Nox"ious*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
noxiously
adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally,
harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly]