nastily

nas·ty  (nst)

adj. nas·ti·er, nas·ti·est

1.

a. Disgustingly dirty.

b. Physically repellent.

2. Morally offensive; indecent. See Synonyms at offensive.

3. Malicious; spiteful: "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?" (Ezra Pound).

4. Very unpleasant or annoying: nasty weather; a nasty trick.

5. Painful or dangerous; grave: a nasty accident.

6. Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle: a nasty puzzle; a nasty problem.

n. pl. nas·ties

One that is nasty: "It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).

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[Middle English nasti, possibly alteration of Old French nastre, bad, short for villenastre : vilein, bad; see villain + -astre, pejorative suff. (from Latin -aster).]

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nasti·ly adv.

nasti·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

nastily - in a nasty ill-tempered manner; "`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily" meanly

Translations

nastily [ˈnɑːstɪlɪ] ADV [speak, behave] → con maldad

nastily [ˈnɑːstɪli] adv [say, act] → méchamment

nastily

adv

(= unpleasantly) → scheußlich; speak, say, laugh → gehässig, gemein; behave → gemein, scheußlich; to speak nastily to somebody → zu jdm gehässig sein, jdn angiften (inf)

(= awkwardly, dangerously) fall, cut oneself → böse, schlimm; skid, veer → gefährlich

nastily [ˈnɑːstɪlɪ] adv (unpleasantly) → sgradevolmente; (spitefully) → malignamente, con cattiveria

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nastily [ˈnɑːstɪlɪ] adv (unpleasantly) → sgradevolmente; (spitefully) → malignamente, con cattiveria