evilly

adv

evilly

adv

UK /ˈiːvəli/ · US /ˈivəli/

Etymology From evil + -ly, replacing earlier evil (“evilly”).

1

In an evil manner.

He grinned evilly around and then pushed his way to the back of the crowd.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 63:

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