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perniciously
adverb
formaluk /pəˈnɪʃ.əs.li/ us /pɚˈnɪʃ.əs.li/
in a way that has a very harmful effect or influence:
Her family had perniciously neglected her during her later years.
The country is governed by a perniciously corrupt group of people.
What started out as a bit of harmless fun has perniciously developed into an obsession.
The manufacturer had perniciously made a false claim about the safety of their vehicles.
Historians have perniciously disregarded the contribution that this woman made to our understanding of geology.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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adverse
adverse conditions
adverse effect
adverse publicity
adverse reaction
deleteriously
destabilizing
destructive
destructively
destructiveness
inimical
inimically
injurious
injuriously
insidious
self-destruction
self-destructive
stinking thinking
toxicity
treacherously
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