ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Villainously

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Villainously is an adverb meaning In a villainous manner; in the manner of a villain; evilly.

Meaning

In a villainous manner; in the manner of a villain; evilly.

More Meanings

  1. Dreadfully; awfully.

Example Sentences

“You're singing villainously out of tune, Kurrell,” said the Major, truthfully. “Pass me that banjo.”
I am now at liberty to confess, that much which I have heard objected to my late friend’s writings was well-founded. Crude they are, I grant you—a sort of unlicked, incondite things—villainously pranked in an affected array of antique modes and phrases.

Synonyms for villainously

Depending on context, synonyms include villainly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include villainly, malevolently, vilely, fiendishly, wickedly, deviously.

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