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Synonyms for viciously

Grammar : Adv
Spell : vish-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʃ əs

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Définition of viciously

Origin :
  • early 14c. (implied in viciously), "of the nature of vice, wicked," from Anglo-French vicious, Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiosus "faulty, defective, corrupt," from vitium "fault" (see vice (n.1)). Meaning "inclined to be savage or dangerous" is first recorded 1711 (originally of animals, especially horses); that of "full of spite, bitter, severe" is from 1825. In law, "marred by some inherent fault" (late 14c.), hence also this sense in logic (c.1600); cf. vicious circle in reasoning (c.1792, Latin circulus vitiosus), which was given a general sense of "a situation in which action and reaction intensify one another" by 1839.
  • adv cruelly
Example sentences :
  • I wouldn't,' said Miggs viciously, 'no, not for five-and-forty pound!'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • He caught me viciously by the arm and looked sharply into my face.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I caught her viciously by the wrist, and with my face close up to hers "Folle!"
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "That blow has killed Florimond de Condillac," he told her viciously.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • “If not, he should learn,” said the chamois hunter, viciously.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson
  • As soon as he stood up he kicked at them viciously, but without effect.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
  • Roger started after them, hot foot, swearing viciously as he ran.
  • Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
  • It was viciously snapping its jaws and twitching its thick head from side to side.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • "I wish I had the extinguishing of him," says Molly, viciously.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • The wind had a hatchet edge that pierced his clothes and hacked him viciously.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

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