NOISOMELY

Etymology

Adverb

noisomely (comparative more noisomely, superlative most noisomely)

In a noisome manner.

Source: Wiktionary


NOISOME

Noi"some, a. Etym: [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See Annoy.]

1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. "Noisome pestilence." Ps. xci. 3.

2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. "Foul breath is noisome." Shak.

– Noi"some*ly, adv.

– Noi"some*ness, n.

Syn.

– Noxious; unwholesome; insalubrious; mischievous; destructive.

– Noisome, Noxious. These words have to a great extent been interchanged; but there is a tendency to make a distinction between them, applying noxious to things that inflict evil directly; as, a noxious plant, noxious practices, etc., and noisome to things that operate with a remoter influence; as, noisome vapors, a noisome pestilence, etc. Noisome has the additional sense of disqusting. A garden may be free from noxious weeds or animals; but, if recently covered with manure, it may be filled with a noisome smell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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