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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
obnoxious \obnox"ious\ o^bno^k"shu^s, a. l. obnoxius;
   ob see ob- + noxius hurtful. see noxious.
   1. subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with
      to.
      1913 webster

            the writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to
            their particular laws.                --bacon.
      1913 webster

            esteeming it more honorable to live on the public
            than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --milton.
      1913 webster

            obnoxious, first or last,
            to basest things                      --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;
      blameworthy. "the contrived and interested schemes of . .
      . obnoxious authors." --bp. fell.
      1913 webster

            all are obnoxious, and this faulty land,
            like fainting hester, does before you stand
            watching your scepter.                --waller.
      1913 webster

   3. very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious
      statesman; a minister obnoxious to the whigs. --burke.
      1913 webster -- obnox"iously, adv. --
      obnox"iousness, n. --south.
      1913 webster
see also:
ob- noxious obnox"iously obnox"iousness 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
obnoxiously
     adv : in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more
           offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" syn: offensively,
            objectionably
see also:
offensively objectionably 

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