evilly

adverb

evil·​ly ˈēvəl(l)ē 

-)i sometimes -(ˌ)vil-

: in an evil manner : wickedly, badly

grinning evilly down upon him

—Farley Mowat

the world was an evil place, … and it had treated him evilly

—Max Peacock

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