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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Insidiously (0.00861 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: insidiously
insidiously
adv : in a harmfully insidious manner;
“these drugs act
insidiously” [syn:
perniciously]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Insidiously
Insidious
\In*sid"i*ous\, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
cf. F. insidieux. See
Sit.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe.
“The insidious witch.” --Cowper.
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2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
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The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
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3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless
manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as,
an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
[PJC]
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. --
In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
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