pestilently
/ˈpɛstələntli/
adverb
- In a way that causes or spreads deadly disease.
- The garbage rotted pestilently in the summer heat, attracting flies.
- The infection spread pestilently through the crowded tenements.
- The plague traveled pestilently along the trade routes.
- In an extremely annoying or harmful manner.
- The rumor spread pestilently through the office, causing panic.
- The telemarketer pestilently called every evening at dinnertime.
- The leak dripped pestilently all night, keeping me awake.