INJURIOUSLY

injuriously

(adverb) in an injurious manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

injuriously (comparative more injuriously, superlative most injuriously)

In an injurious manner; in a manner that injures.

Source: Wiktionary


In*ju"ri*ous*ly, adv.

Definition: In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously.

INJURIOUS

In*ju"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See Injury.]

1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [Obs.] Milton. Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free. Shak.

2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar. Dryden.

Syn.

– Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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