wickedly

Definition

In a wicked manner.

Etymology

From Middle English wyckedly, wykkedlyche, equivalent to wicked + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "[T]he sedate monk's hood lifted its head still higher and looked gloomily and wickedly down on it, while it nodded and kept time to the cuckoo's song, as if it were counting how many days it had to live."
• "The film was wickedly funny."