vilely
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English vyly, vileliche, fijlliche, villiche, equivalent to vile + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]vilely (comparative more vilely, superlative most vilely)
- In a vile manner, evilly, despicably.
- 2022 February 24, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 4:58 from the start, in Ukraine Special: Putin's Russia launches full-scale invasion[1], Channel 4 News:
- 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 War
- Terribly, awfully.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- 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.
References
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “vilely”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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- Rhymes:English/aɪli
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