Criminally

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a criminal manner.

    "The move will transfer the facility’s more than 200 prisoners, including 50 deemed criminally insane, from a fortresslike building with bars on the windows and cement walls and ceilings into a unit of Manhattan Psychiatric Center, a civilian hospital close by on Wards Island."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in violation of the law; in a criminal manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in a shameful manner wordnet

Synonyms

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delinquentlyforbiddenlyillegallyillegitimatelyillicitlyinfamously

Example

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"This is an institution for the criminally insane."

Etymology

From criminal + -ly.

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