harmfully

/ˈhɑːmfəli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɑːrmfəli/ (ame, ipa) · /-f(ə)lē -li/ (ame, mw)

harmfully — adverb

1. in a manner that causes damage, injury, or a bad effect on a person, an animal,

1.副詞B2
釋義

in a manner that causes damage, injury, or a bad effect on a person, an animal, or the natural world.

例句

Plastic bags wash into the river and harmfully affect the fish living there.

verb + harmfully: typical environmental harm context

Andrés warned that staring at the eclipse without glasses would harmfully damage his eyes.

harmfully + damage: collocation with physical injury verbs

同義詞
  • damagingly

    near-equivalent; slightly more formal; often about reputations or systems

  • detrimentally

    more formal; common in academic and policy writing

  • injuriously

    rare and formal; mostly legal or medical writing

反義詞

文法句型

verb + harmfully

harmfully + past participle

用法筆記

Modifies action verbs that already imply impact (affect, damage, act, influence). Often appears in scientific, medical, or environmental writing rather than everyday speech; in casual contexts, speakers usually say 'in a harmful way' or rephrase with the adjective 'harmful'.

常見錯誤

❌The chemical is harmfully.
✅The chemical is harmful.
💡use the adjective 'harmful' after the verb 'be', not the adverb.
❌Smoking harmfully your lungs.
✅Smoking harms your lungs.' or 'Smoking harmfully affects your lungs.
💡'harmfully' modifies a verb; it cannot replace one.