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Definition of Insidiously
1. Adverb. In a harmfully insidious manner. "These drugs act insidiously"
Definition of Insidiously
1. Adverb. in an insidious manner ¹
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Definition of Insidiously
1. [adv]
Medical Definition of Insidiously
1. Having a imperceptible commencement, as of a disease with a late manifestation of definite symptoms. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insidiously
Literary usage of Insidiously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to by Alden Bradford (1840)
"And yet strange to relate, soon after this period, such was the malignity, or
the envy, or the ambition of a very few men, that Washington was insidiously ..."
2. The Theory of Toleration Under the Later Stuarts by Alexander Adam Seaton (1911)
"Baptist Humble 1660. who would come flooding in, insidiously corrupting the
faithful with their pernicious doctrines concerning resistance to the Lord's ..."
3. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With by Delany (Mary) (1861)
"... when convinced that they are only followed for pastime, and that there is no
fixed principle in those who are insidiously stealing their hearts away, ..."
4. The Foundation of Death: A Study of the Drink-question by Axel Gustafson (1885)
"That which is asserted is, that drink tends, however slowly and insidiously,
and * Cardinal M'Cabe, in a recent pastoral on the state of Ireland, ..."
5. The Church Historians of England by Joseph Stevenson (1856)
"... that the king of England, by insidiously and wickedly seeking his life, had
compelled him to depart prematurely, in Deposition to his intention. CHAP. ..."
6. Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793 by William Belsham (1801)
"Motion of Mr. Grey respecting Peace—insidiously counteracted by Mr. Pitt.
Similar Motion of the Duke of Bedford—rejected by the Peers. ..."
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