Is Toxically a Word?

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.

What does it mean being toxic?

A toxic person is anyone whose behavior adds negativity and upset to your life. Many times, people who are toxic are dealing with their own stresses and traumas. To do this, they act in ways that don't present them in the best light and usually upset others along the way.

Is toxic the same as poisonous?

Each word appears in at least one of the other's definitions; one of the definitions of poisonous is "producing a toxic substance that causes injury or death when absorbed or ingested," and one of the definitions of toxic is "containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious ...

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