ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Villainly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Villainly is an adjective meaning Characteristic of a villain.

Meaning

Characteristic of a villain.

More Meanings

  1. In the manner of a villain.

Example Sentences

Strikingly effective performance as the villainly Vitellia…
Her pastiche of a villainly adventure is far more exciting than most originals in the genre.
During the hours the villainly Mandel Pukur fellows kept us standing I became exceedingly thirsty, and also hungry, but gradually the need to urinate became of even more pressing urgency.
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:[…]

Synonyms for villainly

Depending on context, synonyms include villainous, villainy, villainously.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include devilish, blackguardly, supervillainous, hoodlumish, criminalish, landlordly.

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