criminally

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkrɪmənəli/ UK /ˈkrɪmɪnəli/ See IPA manual

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adv
in a manner relating to crime; to a shocking or blameworthy degree

The bridge was criminally neglected for over a decade.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a manner relating to... unlawfully feloniously wickedlyscandalously

Opposites

lawfully legally innocently

Word family

Related forms criminal crime criminality

Etymology

From 'criminal' + the adverbial suffix '-ly'; 'criminal' derives from Late Latin 'crīminālis', from Latin 'crīmen' ('charge, offense').

crīminālis Latin crīmen Latin

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# criminally

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** ˈkrɪmənəli
**IPA (UK):** ˈkrɪmɪnəli

## Meanings
1. in a manner relating to crime; to a shocking or blameworthy degree

## Examples
- The bridge was criminally neglected for over a decade.

## Synonyms
- unlawfully
- feloniously
- wickedly
- scandalously

## Antonyms
- lawfully
- legally
- innocently

## Related Forms
- criminal
- crime
- criminality

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: crīminālis
- Root: crīmen

## Etymology
From 'criminal' + the adverbial suffix '-ly'; 'criminal' derives from Late Latin 'crīminālis', from Latin 'crīmen' ('charge, offense').

## AI Etymology
Criminally is from 'criminal' + the adverbial suffix '-ly'; 'criminal' derives from Late Latin 'crīminālis', from Latin 'crīmen' ('charge, offense'). The ancestry passes through Latin crīminālis and Latin crīmen. The suffix -ly forms an adverb or adjective from the base, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adverb, it means "in a manner relating to crime; to a shocking or blameworthy degree", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include criminal, crime, and criminality.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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