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vily

vily is the obsolete form of vilely.

Meaning of vilely

Adverb

vilely (comparative more vilely, superlative most vilely)

  1. In a vile manner, evilly, despicably.
    • We broke off diplomatic relations with Russia
      Ukraine is defending itself and will not give up its freedom, no matter what Moscow thinks[...]
      Russia vilely and suicidally attacked our state in the morning
      Just like fascist Germany did during the Second World War2022 February 24, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 4:58 from the start, in Ukraine Special: Putin's Russia launches full-scale invasion, Channel 4 News
  2. Terribly, awfully.
    • The chauffeur must, as it seemed to me, have been a novice or else have lost his nerve in this disturbance, for he drove vilely on the way to the station.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Forms of vily

comparativemore vily
superlativemost vily

Questions about vily

What is vily the obsolete form of?
Vily is the obsolete form of vilely.

Words near vily in the dictionary

  1. viltolarsen
  2. Viluppuram
  3. Vilvoorde
  4. vilwa
  5. vilwas
  6. vily
  7. Vilyeyka
  8. Vilyui
  9. Vilyuy
  10. vim
  11. vim and vigor

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