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noxiously

/ˈnɑkʃəsli/ adv

In a noxious manner.

Word Origin From Latin noxa 'harm' — noxious means harmful. Noxiously is the adverb. The root *nek- means 'death, harm' and gives us innocent (not harmful), innocuous, and pernicious. So noxiously means in a harmful, damaging way.

adv In a noxious manner.

The factory was fined for noxiously polluting the river with industrial waste.

(副词) 有害地；有毒地

这家工厂因用工业废料有害地污染河流而被罚款。

(adverbio) De manera nociva

La fábrica fue multada por contaminar nocivamente el río con desechos industriales.

(adverbe) nocivement; pernicieusement; nuisiblement [De manière nuisible ou nocive.]

L'usine a été condamnée pour avoir pollué noxiously la rivière avec ses déchets industriels.

(Adverb) schädlich; giftig [Auf eine schädliche, giftige oder gesundheitsgefährdende Weise.]

Die Fabrik wurde bestraft, weil sie den Fluss **noxiously** mit Industrieabfällen verschmutzte.

(副詞) 有害な方法で; 毒々しく、不快に。

その工場は工業廃棄物で川を有害に汚染したとして罰金を科せられた。

(advérbio) nocivamente; prejudicialmente; de modo nocivo [De modo nocivo.]

A fábrica foi multada por poluir nocivamente o rio com resíduos industriais.

Synonyms: harmfully injuriously perniciously deleteriously unwholesomely detrimentally hurtfully noisomely Antonyms: beneficially harmlessly innocuously safely
Word parts: nox + ious + ly

Related words

obnoxious innocent innocuous

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