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Keep "villainly" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "villainly" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
19 total sentences available.
By the ox of St. Luke, thou idle, cogging knave—thou rascally, miscreant spy, if ever I catch thee dogging my footsteps, by day or night, or concerning thyself in any way about act of mine, I will think no more of drawing my dagger across thy villainly throat, than I would of slicing a melon or cucumber at my luncheon.
Source: wiktionary
And though he has paid the penalty of his crime with his worthless life, yet many of his compeers in villainly adventure still live, and his daring and sworn associates are scattered throughout the northern portion of this land;
Source: wiktionary
Shirley’s is a world of young lovers, delightfully protesting their eternal constancy, of villainly villains, of unscrupulous servants, and of “humour” characters such as seize and transport the imagination:[…]
Source: wiktionary
Strikingly effective performance as the villainly Vitellia…
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Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
Closest matches include villainous, villainously.
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