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
That's the general vibe of this wickedly entertaining horror indie, which centers on a cursed episode of a late-night talk show from 1977.
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Braithwaite has a way of making the Falodun family’s superstition seem both wickedly funny and haunting.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
And the funny business is deliciously, wickedly funny.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
It’s been a wickedly good week for Jonathan Bailey.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Midler and Hawn co-starred alongside Keaton in 1996’s The First Wives Club, with the stars portraying divorcées who wonderfully, wickedly take revenge on their terrible former spouses.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Braithwaite has a way of making the Falodun family’s superstition seem both wickedly funny and haunting.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
And the funny business is deliciously, wickedly funny.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
It’s been a wickedly good week for Jonathan Bailey.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Midler and Hawn co-starred alongside Keaton in 1996’s The First Wives Club, with the stars portraying divorcées who wonderfully, wickedly take revenge on their terrible former spouses.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wickedly
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The charge against the hunter, Shane Huffman, was dismissed due to insufficient evidence, and Huffman is now claiming in the lawsuit that he was falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
22 Jan. 2026
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Stephen Pittman, 19, was charged in federal court with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by fire or explosive in connection with the weekend arson at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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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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Another cold front bringing bitterly cold temperatures is expected to hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area this weekend, and temperatures could plunge into the teens Saturday morning with a potential for wind chill in the single-digits, according to Prater.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Jan. 2026
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After a winter storm covered the commonwealth in snow and ice, much of Kentucky will face bitterly cold temperatures throughout the week, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Louisville.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Jan. 2026
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For many, qualifying will represent the fruition of a lifelong, viciously competitive goal.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
20 Jan. 2026
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Nickerson, 13, succumbed to his injuries two days after he was viciously attacked by two Cane Corsos and a Rottweiler, according to CBC, Global News and The Globe and Mail.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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