banefully

1. 1.

   in a noxiously baneful way

   “this banefully poisoned climate”

   Synonymsperniciously

Questions about banefully

What does banefully mean?

banefully means "in a noxiously baneful way".

How many syllables are in banefully?

banefully has 4 syllables and divides as ba-ne-ful-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for banefully?

Close synonyms include perniciously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banefully a common word?

banefully is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.