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vitiously

vitiously is the obsolete form of viciously.

Meaning of viciously

Adverb

viciously (comparative more viciously, superlative most viciously)

  1. In a vicious manner; ferociously or maliciously.

Forms of vitiously

comparativemore vitiously
superlativemost vitiously

Origin of vitiously

From vitious + -ly.

Questions about vitiously

What is vitiously the obsolete form of?
Vitiously is the obsolete form of viciously.

Words near vitiously in the dictionary

  1. Vitim
  2. vitimite
  3. vitiosities
  4. vitiosity
  5. vitious
  6. vitiously
  7. vitisin
  8. vitisins
  9. vitispirane
  10. vitivinicultural
  11. vitivirus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vitiously (page history and authors); viciously (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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