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evilly

/ˈiːvəli/US/ˈivəli/

evilly adverb: in an evil manner.

Adverb

evilly (comparative more evilly, superlative most evilly)

  1. In an evil manner.
    • He grinned evilly around and then pushed his way to the back of the crowd.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 63

evilly meaning in Tamil and Marathi

evilly in Tamil

தீமை

evilly in Marathi

in an evil manner
दुष्टपणे duṣṭapaṇe

Forms of evilly

comparativemore evilly
superlativemost evilly

Origin of evilly

From evil + -ly, replacing earlier evil (“evilly”).

Questions about evilly

What does evilly mean?
Evilly means in an evil manner.
What is evilly in Tamil?
Evilly in Tamil is தீமை. See Evilly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is evilly?
Evilly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce evilly?
Evilly is pronounced /ˈiːvəli/ (UK).

Words near evilly in the dictionary

  1. evility
  2. evilize
  3. evill
  4. eviller
  5. evillest
  6. evilly
  7. evilness
  8. evilnesses
  9. evilology
  10. evilous
  11. evils

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Adapted from Wiktionary: evilly (page history and authors); evilly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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