Nastily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a nasty manner.

    "laced with humor that lampoons and ridicules, but never nastily so"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a nasty ill-tempered manner wordnet

Synonyms

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abruptlyatrociouslyawfullycurtlydreadfullyflagrantly

Example

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"Ziri started looking around the store and grinning nastily."

Etymology

From nasty + -ly.

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