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Wickedly

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wick·ed  (wkd)
adj. wick·ed·er, wick·ed·est
1. Evil by nature and in practice: "this wicked man Hitler, the repository and embodiment of many forms of soul-destroying hatred" Winston S. Churchill.
2. Playfully malicious or mischievous: a wicked prank; a critic's wicked wit.
3. Severe and distressing: a wicked cough; a wicked gash; wicked driving conditions.
4. Highly offensive; obnoxious: a wicked stench.
5. Slang Strikingly good, effective, or skillful: a wicked curve ball; a wicked imitation.
adv. Slang
Used as an intensive: "a ... body suit, which she describes as wicked comfortable" Nathan Cobb.
[Middle English, alteration of wicke, ultimately from Old English wicca, sorcerer; see witch.]
wicked·ly adv.
wicked·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.wickedly - in a wicked evil manner; "act wickedly"; "grin evilly"
evilly


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Thereat the Angel of Compassion did most shamelessly and wickedly laugh.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The poison was alleged to have been wickedly and feloniously given by the prisoner to his wife Sara, on two occasions, in the form of arsenic, administered in tea, medicine, "or other article or articles of food or drink, to the prosecutor unknown.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Dirty, ill-looking, scowling men; dirty, slovenly, and wickedly ugly women; children to match, snarling, filthy little curs, with a ready beggar's whine on occasion.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
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