— corrosively , adv. — corrosiveness, corrosivity /kawr'oh siv"i tee, kor'-/ , n.
/keuh roh"siv/ , adj.
1. having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
2. harmful or destructive; deleterious: the corrosive effect of poverty on their marriage.
3. sharply sarcastic; caustic: corrosive comments on the speaker's integrity.
n.
4. something corrosive, as an acid or drug.
[ 1350-1400; late ME ( corrosivus, equiv. to L corros ( us ) (see CORROSION) + -ivus -IVE; r. ME corosif ]