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# harmfully

adverb (harmfully)

«harmfully» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a way that causes harm or damage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harmfully/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons: chemicals or habits that act harmfully on the body or environment. In formal writing: «substances that may act harmfully».

### Examples

- Some chemicals act harmfully on plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harmfully/#x1)
- Too much sun can affect your skin harmfully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harmfully/#x2)
- Plastic waste harmfully affects sea life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harmfully/#x3)
- He behaved harmfully towards others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harmfully/#x4)
- Smoke harmfully affects your lungs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harmfully/#x5)
- Litter harmfully changes the habitat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harmfully/#x6)

### Note

From harmful + ly. Opposite: harmlessly. Rare in speech; people usually say «is harmful to».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «harmfully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harmfully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«harmfully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/harmfully.html) on Mova free.