wickedly
C1
adv
Freq #46286
Meanings
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1
adv
in a wicked evil manner
act wickedly
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2
adv
In a wicked manner.
[T]he sedate monk's hood lifted its head still higher and looked gloomily and wickedly down on it, while it nodded and kept time to the cuckoo's song, as if it were counting how many days it had to live.
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3
adv
very
The film was wickedly funny.
Etymology
From Middle English wyckedly, wykkedlyche, equivalent to wicked + -ly.
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Synonyms
1
adv
· in a wicked evil manner
evilly
2
adv
· in a wicked manner.
illicitlyimmodestlyimmorallyimproperlyincontinentlyindecentlyobscenelyreprehensiblyunchastelyunseemlyunvirtuouslywickedly
3
adv
· very
above a bitabsolutelyabundantlyall toobut goodcompletelydamneminentlyever soexceedinglyexcessivelyextremely