WICKEDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wickedly mean? 

• WICKEDLY (adverb)
  The adverb WICKEDLY has 1 sense:

1. in a wicked evil manner

  Familiarity information: WICKEDLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WICKEDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a wicked evil manner

Synonyms:

evilly; wickedly

Context example:

grin evilly

Pertainym:

wicked (morally bad in principle or practice)

 Context examples 

White Fang was in a rage, wickedly making his attack on the most vulnerable spot.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"As 'this sort of thing' is rather a vague expression, would you kindly explain?" returned Amy, knowing perfectly well what he meant, but wickedly leaving him to describe what is indescribable.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

See!—he must have looked at it—one is from you, and to my friend Peter Hawkins; the other—here he caught sight of the strange symbols as he opened the envelope, and the dark look came into his face, and his eyes blazed wickedly—the other is a vile thing, an outrage upon friendship and hospitality!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)