Obnoxiously

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([o^]b*n[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius;
     ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.]
     1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with
        to.
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              The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to
              their particular laws.                --Bacon.
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              Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public
              than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.
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              Obnoxious, first or last,
              To basest things                      --Milton.
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     2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;
        blameworthy. "The contrived and interested schemes of . .
        . obnoxious authors." --Bp. Fell.
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              All are obnoxious, and this faulty land,
              Like fainting Hester, does before you stand
              Watching your scepter.                --Waller.
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     3. Very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious
        statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. --
        {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obnoxiously
       adv : in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more
             offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" [syn: {offensively},
              {objectionably}]