CRIMINALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does criminally mean? 

• CRIMINALLY (adverb)
  The adverb CRIMINALLY has 2 senses:

1. in a shameful manner

2. in violation of the law; in a criminal manner

  Familiarity information: CRIMINALLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRIMINALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a shameful manner

Synonyms:

criminally; reprehensively

Context example:

the garden was criminally neglected

Pertainym:

criminal (bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In violation of the law; in a criminal manner

Context example:

the alterations in the document were ruled to be criminally fraudulent

Pertainym:

criminal (guilty of crime or serious offense)

 Context examples 

"Either the man was drunk or criminally malicious," he said that afternoon, from his perch on the bed, when Brissenden had arrived and dropped limply into the one chair.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)