banefully

In destructive fashion

In a way that causes harm, ruin, or destruction.

The adverb form of baneful, it describes actions or influences that bring about misfortune or damage: The policy banefully affected small businesses for decades.

Literary and uncommon in everyday speech.

harmful

injuriously

In a harmful manner

perniciously · ruinously · destructively · adversely · disastrously · calamitously · hazardously · noxiously · debilitatingly · corrosively

malevolent

maliciously

With harmful intent

nefariously · sinisterly · viciously · hostilely · menacingly · cruelly · villainously · fiendishly · evilly · malignantly

ominous

portentously

With grave significance

sinisterly · inauspiciously · direly · fatefully · grimly · darkly · gloomily · eerily · chillingly · forbiddingly

toxic

poisonously

In a toxic manner

toxically · noxiously · infectiously

Opposites
effect on well-being

banefullybeneficially

In a helpful manner

advantageously · helpfully · healthfully · profitably · favorably

moral/ethical quality

banefullybenignly

In harmless, gentle manner

benevolently · kindly · innocuously · harmlessly · gently

Family

baneful

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G