Terminally vs Pernicious - What's the difference?
terminally | pernicious |
In a terminal manner.
Leading to death; lasting until death.
:: terminally ill
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(military, of missile guidance) To the target.
:: terminally guided
(location) At the end.
* 1919 , Robert Ridgway, Herbert Friedmann, The Birds of North and Middle America , Part 8, Issue 1919,
* 2005 , Terence Cosgrove, Colloid Science: Principles, methods and applications ,
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
* 1911 , ,
Causing death or injury; deadly.
As an adverb terminally
is in a terminal manner.As an adjective pernicious is
causing much harm in a subtle way.terminally
English
Adverb
(en adverb)It's Not Me, It's You: Subjective Recollections from a '''TerminallyOptimistic, Chronically Sarcastic, and Occasionally Inebriated Woman .
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- some of the feathers (especially posterior scapulars) with the broad edgings more rufescent and passing into whitish terminally ;
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- In its simplest form this approach uses a lattice with a single chain terminally attached to the interface.
pernicious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Puritanism no longer employs the thumbscrew and lash; but it still has a most pernicious hold on the minds and feelings of the American people.