villainously
villainously adverb: in a villainous manner; in the manner of a villain; evilly.
Adverb
villainously (comparative more villainously, superlative most villainously)
- In a villainous manner; in the manner of a villain; evilly.
- 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
| comparative | more villainously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most 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.
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