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viciously

/vˈɪʃəsli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
vi-cious-ly
IPA
/vˈɪʃəsli/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a vicious manner; ferociously or maliciously.

Etymology

From Middle English viciously; equivalent to vicious + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more viciously (comparative) most viciously (superlative) vitiously (alternative)

Synonyms

brutally savagely

Rhymes With

suspiciously surreptitiously expeditiously ambitiously

Questions

How do you pronounce viciously?
The recorded pronunciation is /vˈɪʃəsli/.
What does viciously mean?
In a vicious manner; ferociously or maliciously.
Where does viciously come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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