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Definition of Evilly
1. Adverb. In a wicked evil manner. "Grin evilly"
Definition of Evilly
1. adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill.
Definition of Evilly
1. Adverb. in an evil manner ¹
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Definition of Evilly
1. in an evil manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evilly
Literary usage of Evilly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"... AND IS evilly ENTREATED BY ANTINOUS. BUT when the Mother of Morning, Rose-fingered
Day-dawn, shone, Then Telemachus, beloved, godlike Odysseus' son, ..."
2. Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine by Institute of Actuaries (Great Britain) (1870)
"4— " This act, so evilly born, shall cool the hearts Of all his people, ...
1— " It will be an unhandsome injustice evilly to requite their care by thy too ..."
3. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"... that a place of repentance he may find ; and through a true contrition, the
remission of his great sin of envy, and evilly entreating the Lord's people, ..."
4. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1847)
""Whenever we hear any man evilly spoken of, il' we know any good of him, let us
say that. It is always the more humane and the more honourable part, ..."
5. Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and by Abraham Hayward (1873)
"Her answer reached him in Brussels, and he prints it to give an idea of her '
original, and obstinate, evilly- inclined character, rare enough in that class ..."
6. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1875)
"no less evilly with any children that there may be in the family. They are always
neglected, generally half starved, and but too often actively ill-used. ..."
7. Records of the Borough of Nottingham: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Nottingham (England). (1883)
"... with a dagger, made an assault upon Robert Cade and beat, wounded and evilly
treated him, against the peace of our Lord the King, 1, ro. 4. NOTTINGHAM. ..."
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