as in villainously
in a mean or spiteful manner
she wickedly whispered snide comments about the other performers in the talent show
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Recent Examples of wickedly
Finally, the board will have the good sense to just snap their host laptop shut, but not before a wickedly riotous 10 minutes or so in which absolutely no one backs away from the keyboard.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Under the hood, the A17 Pro processor is wickedly powerful, and a massive terabyte of storage outclasses every phone in this price bracket.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
The Compound is understatedly funny and wickedly smart, an addictive slow-burn of a novel that is as pretty—and quietly dangerous—as the bushfires that glitter in the distance of the compound.
—Hannah Berman
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Nevertheless, the main event of the book and the previous film are the wickedly vicious fights between the couple, and Searchlight’s trailer seems to emphasize that aspect of it as well.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Fiercely loyal, wickedly funny and always there to cheer him on — no one knows Arch quite like them.
—Grace Raynor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
The alluring but slithery presence of occult expert Alexander Babtiste (Jamie Campbell Bower, wickedly good) adds more spice to a guilty pleasure to savor.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Under the hood, the A17 Pro processor is wickedly powerful, and a massive terabyte of storage outclasses every phone in this price bracket.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
The Compound is understatedly funny and wickedly smart, an addictive slow-burn of a novel that is as pretty—and quietly dangerous—as the bushfires that glitter in the distance of the compound.
—Hannah Berman
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Nevertheless, the main event of the book and the previous film are the wickedly vicious fights between the couple, and Searchlight’s trailer seems to emphasize that aspect of it as well.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Fiercely loyal, wickedly funny and always there to cheer him on — no one knows Arch quite like them.
—Grace Raynor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
The alluring but slithery presence of occult expert Alexander Babtiste (Jamie Campbell Bower, wickedly good) adds more spice to a guilty pleasure to savor.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wickedly
Adverb
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Doxxing involves sharing someone’s personal or private information maliciously.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacbee.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Google and other firms that have delved deeply into generative AI employ a number of techniques to prevent AI from acting maliciously.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In other words, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Joe Garcia spoke bitterly about the decline of governance on both sides of the Straits of Florida.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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At the start of the season, the Braves lost seven in a row, setting the tone for a bitterly disappointing campaign.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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To protect her face, Campoy used her arm, which the squirrel clawed viciously.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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In this week's PEOPLE cover story, the matriarch, 80, recalls the scary moment a camel viciously attacked Navarone (her son with ex Marco Garibaldi) during a visit to a friend's animal sanctuary in California's San Fernando Valley.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Wickedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wickedly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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