Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a vile manner, evilly, despicably.

    in a vile manner

  2. Terribly, awfully.

Origin

From Middle English vyly, vileliche, fijlliche, villiche, equivalent to vile + -ly.

From Middle English vyly, vileliche, fijlliche, villiche, equivalent to vile + -ly.

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Forms

more vilely, most vilely
Comparativemore vilely Lesson
Superlativemost vilely

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedvile

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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