evilly

adv
/ˈiːvəli/UK/ˈivəli/US

Etymology

From evil + -ly, replacing earlier evil (“evilly”).

  1. derived from *upo
  2. inherited from *ubilaz
  3. inherited from *ubil
  4. inherited from yfel
  5. inherited from yvel
  6. suffixed as evilly — “evil + ly

Definitions

  1. In an evil manner.

    • He grinned evilly around and then pushed his way to the back of the crowd.

The neighborhood

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