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Noxiously (gcide) | 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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noxiously (wn) | noxiously
adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally,
harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly] |
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noxiously (encz) | noxiously,škodlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
obnoxiously (encz) | obnoxiously,nepřístojně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Innoxiously (gcide) | Innoxious \In*nox"ious\, a. [L. innoxius. See In- not, and
Noxious.]
1. Free from hurtful qualities or effects; harmless;
innocuous. "Innoxious flames." --Sir K. Digby.
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2. Free from crime; pure; innocent. --Pope. --
In*nox`ious*ly, adv. -- In*nox"ious*ness, n.
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Obnoxiously (gcide) | Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([o^]b*n[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius;
ob (see Ob-) + noxius hurtful. See Noxious.]
1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with
to.
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The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to
their particular laws. --Bacon.
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Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public
than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.
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Obnoxious, first or last,
To basest things --Milton.
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2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;
blameworthy. "The contrived and interested schemes of . .
. obnoxious authors." --Bp. Fell.
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All are obnoxious, and this faulty land,
Like fainting Hester, does before you stand
Watching your scepter. --Waller.
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3. Very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious
statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob*nox"ious*ly, adv. --
Ob*nox"ious*ness, n. --South.
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noxiously (wn) | noxiously
adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally,
harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly] |
obnoxiously (wn) | obnoxiously
adv 1: in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more
offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" [syn:
offensively, objectionably, obnoxiously] |
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