insidiously

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈsɪdiəsli/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈsɪdiəsli/
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in a sneaky way that causes harm without being noticed

Insidiously, the disease spread throughout the community, causing many people to fall ill.

translation

adv. in a sneaky way that causes harm without being noticed

Synonyms

archly adv. 狡黠地 furtively adv. 偷偷地 craftily adv. 狡猾地 deceitfully adv. 欺骗性地 slyly adv. 狡猾地, 神秘地 slickly adv. 狡猾地, 流畅地, 利落地, 光滑地 deceptively adv. 看似简单, 看似庞大 cunningly adv. 狡猾地 falsely adv. 错误地, 不真诚地 artfully adv. 巧妙地, 狡猾地 sharply adv. 严厉地, 急剧地, 鲜明地, 迅速地, 锋利地

Antonyms

ingenuously adv. 天真地 naively adv. 天真地, 单纯地 innocently adv. 无辜地, 无辜受累地, 天真地, 无意惹事地, 装无辜地 sincerely adv. 真诚地 naturally adv. 自然地, 无需帮助地, 作为自然结果, 天生地, 轻松自然地 genuinely adv. 真正地, 真诚地 simply adv. 简单地, 简明地, 朴素地, 简直, 简而言之

Similar Words

ingeniously adv. 巧妙地 insidious adj. 阴险的 industriously adv. 勤奋地