injuriously

In damaging fashion

In a manner that causes harm or damage.

The word applies to physical injury, reputation, or interests: The chemicals acted injuriously on the lungs.

Legal contexts use it for wrongful harm: The court found he had acted injuriously toward the plaintiff's business.

harmful

damagingly

In an injurious manner

harmfully · hurtfully · destructively · ruinously · banefully · noxiously · hazardously · adversely · negatively · prejudicially

legally

wrongfully

Without legitimate cause

illicitly · criminally · illegally · fraudulently · recklessly · willfully · wantonly

abusive

insultingly

In an offensive manner

offensively · pejoratively · derogatorily · scurrilously · maliciously · scathingly · contemptuously · abusively · cruelly · meanly

Opposites
effect on well-being

injuriouslybeneficially

In a helpful manner

advantageously · helpfully · favorably · positively · constructively

safety/danger

injuriouslyharmlessly

Without causing damage

safely · innocuously · benignly · inoffensively · protectively

Family

injurious

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G