wickedly

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).

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[Middle English, alteration of wicke, ultimately from Old English wicca, sorcerer; see witch.]

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wicked·ly adv.

wicked·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

wickedly - in a wicked evil manner; "act wickedly"; "grin evilly" evilly

Translations

wickedly [ˈwɪkɪdlɪ] ADV

1. (= evilly) [behave, destroy] → malvadamente, cruelmente

2. (= naughtily) [grin, laugh, suggest] → con picardía
a wickedly funny play → una obra para desternillarse de risa

wickedly [ˈwɪkɪdli] adv

(= in an evil way) [act, treat] → d'une manière abjecte

(= mischievously) [grin, smile] → diaboliquement; [funny] → diaboliquement

wickedly

adv

(= with evil intentions) → böse; (= immorally) → schlecht, gottlos; (= dissolutely) → lasterhaft

cold → gemein; a wickedly accurate satire → eine scharf treffende Satire

(= mischievously) smile, look, grin → frech

(inf) expensive → unverschämt

wickedly [ˈwɪkɪdlɪ] adv (remark, smile, behave) → perfidamente, con cattiveria; (roguishly) → maliziosamente
wickedly expensive → terribilmente costoso
a wickedly humorous play → una commedia maliziosamente spiritosa