venomously

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Inherited from Middle English venymously; by surface analysis, venomous +‎ -ly.

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venomously (comparative more venomously, superlative most venomously)

  1. In a venomous manner; with venom.
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 192:
      He spat venomously over the side of the tree and proceeded to tell me how different things had been when he was young.

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