villainously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

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"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."
"“You're singing villainously out of tune, Kurrell,” said the Major, truthfully. “Pass me that banjo.”"

Etymology tree English villainous Middle English -ly English -ly English villainously From villainous + -ly.

more villainously (comparative) most villainously (superlative)

villainly

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What does villainously mean?

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

Where does villainously come from?

Etymology tree English villainous Middle English -ly English -ly English villainously From villainous + -ly.

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