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villainously

villainously adverb: in a villainous manner; in the manner of a villain; evilly.

Adverb

villainously (comparative more villainously, superlative most villainously)

  1. In a villainous manner; in the manner of a villain; evilly.
  2. Dreadfully; awfully.
    • I am now at liberty to confess, that much which I have heard objected to my late friend’s writings was well-founded. Crude they are, I grant you—a sort of unlicked, incondite things—villainously pranked in an affected array of antique modes and phrases.1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page v
    • “You're singing villainously out of tune, Kurrell,” said the Major, truthfully. “Pass me that banjo.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 76

Synonyms of villainously

Forms of villainously

comparativemore villainously
superlativemost villainously

Origin of villainously

From villainous + -ly.

Questions about villainously

What does villainously mean?
Villainously means in a villainous manner; in the manner of a villain; evilly.
What part of speech is villainously?
Villainously is an adverb.

Words near villainously in the dictionary

  1. villainizers
  2. villainizes
  3. villainizing
  4. villainly
  5. villainous
  6. villainously
  7. villainousness
  8. villainry
  9. villains
  10. villains of the week
  11. villainsplain

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