Meanings
adverbevilly (comparative more evilly, superlative most evilly)
comparative more evilly · superlative most evilly
- In an evil manner.
He grinned evilly around and then pushed his way to the back of the crowd.
1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 63
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a wicked evil manner
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Origin
From evil + -ly, replacing earlier evil (“evilly”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian зло́бно, зло́
- зло́бно (zlóbno)in an evil manner
- зло́ (zló)in an evil manner
Swedish ondskefullt
- ondskefulltin an evil manner
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