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ill-naturedly

ill-naturedly adverb: in an ill-natured manner.

Adverb

ill-naturedly (comparative more ill-naturedly, superlative most ill-naturedly)

  1. In an ill-natured manner.
    • "I've seen it before," he said ill-naturedly.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 12

Forms of ill-naturedly

comparativemore ill-naturedly
superlativemost ill-naturedly

Origin of ill-naturedly

From ill-natured + -ly.

Questions about ill-naturedly

What does ill-naturedly mean?
Ill-naturedly means in an ill-natured manner.
What part of speech is ill-naturedly?
Ill-naturedly is an adverb.

Words near ill-naturedly in the dictionary

  1. ill-luck
  2. ill-mannered
  3. ill-matched
  4. ill-named
  5. ill-natured
  6. ill-naturedly
  7. ill-naturedness
  8. ill-omened
  9. ill-placed
  10. ill-posed
  11. ill-prepared

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