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viciously

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vi·cious  (vshs)
adj.
1. Having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved.
2. Given to vice, immorality, or depravity.
3. Spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip.
4. Disposed to or characterized by violent or destructive behavior. See Synonyms at cruel.
5. Marked by an aggressive disposition; savage. Used chiefly of animals.
6. Severe or intense; fierce: a vicious storm.
7. Faulty, imperfect, or otherwise impaired by defects or a defect: a forced, vicious style of prose.
8. Impure; foul.

[Middle English, from Old French vicieus, from Latin vitisus, from vitium, vice.]

vicious·ly adv.
vicious·ness n.
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Adv.1.viciouslyviciously - in a vicious manner; "he was viciously attacked"
Translations
viciously [ˈvɪʃəslɪ] ADV
1. (= brutally) [attack, beat, stab] → brutalmente, con saña
2. (= maliciously) [say, speak] → con malicia
viciously [ˈvɪʃəsli] adv
[attack, beat] → brutalement
[say] → d'un ton acerbe
viciously
adv
(= violently)bösartig; hit, kickbrutal; murderauf grauenhafte Art; the dog viciously attacked himder Hund fiel wütend über ihn her
(= nastily)gemein, boshaft; remarkgemein, gehässig; lookböse; thinkboshaft
viciously [ˈvɪʃəslɪ] adv (fight) → ferocemente; (hit) → con cattiveria; (speak) → malignamente; (glare) → con odio, velenosamente
viciously [ˈvɪʃəslɪ] adv (fight) → ferocemente; (hit) → con cattiveria; (speak) → malignamente; (glare) → con odio, velenosamente


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They viciously snapped, not only at each other's disembowelments, but like flexible bows, bent round, and bit their own; till those entrails seemed swallowed over and over again by the same mouth, to be oppositely voided by the gaping wound.
The steward put out his hand to pat him on the head, but withdrew it hastily as Michael, with bristle and growl, viciously bared his teeth.
Viciously he jerked her to her feet, dragged her to the entrance of the tent, and shoved her viciously within.
 
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