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单词 evilly
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evillyadv.

/ˈiːv(ə)lli/
Etymology: < evil adj. + -ly suffix2.
In an evil manner.
1. Viciously, wickedly, censurably.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
wrothec888
unrighteouslyeOE
foullyOE
naughtlyOE
wrothlyc1200
litherlya1225
unwraste?c1225
illc1275
vilelyc1290
shrewdly13..
felonly1303
unwrastlyc1320
viciouslya1325
diverselyc1325
wickly1338
lewdlyc1384
badlyc1405
foula1425
mischievouslyc1426
felonously1436
felonmentc1470
wickedfullyc1480
villainously1484
meschantlya1492
sinisterly1491
noughtily1528
naughtily?1529
perniciously1533
illy1549
naught1549
bad1575
evilly1581
nefariously1599
scelerately1632
improbously1657
piggishly1756
iniquitously1796
pervertedly1804
society > morality > moral evil > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
evilc1000
illc1275
badlyc1405
evilly1581
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adverb]
evilc1000
viciouslya1325
corruptly1537
evilly1581
pravely1598
deboistly1604
corruptedly1610
deformedly1610
impurely1612
depravedly1643
debauchedlya1656
diseasedly1672
demoralizingly1821
a.
1581 Apol. or Def. Prince William sig. K Who haue..verie euelly and without any cause, withdrawen them selues from vs.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 96 They haue euill prosecuted that their pretended right and title.
1624 F. Quarles Job Militant (1717) 197 His plenty..evilly come..shall soon pass away.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Evilly, in a bad manner.
1863 J. C. Morison St. Bernard iii. iii. 331 No knowledge or power is evil, however evilly it may be employed.
1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law p. xxxvi He has lived evilly in previous generations.
2. With evil purpose or result; injuriously; maliciously, mischievously; noxiously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
ill1483
mischievously1512
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
evilly1631
damageably1648
poisonously1746
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
damnously1884
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
prejudicially1467
ill1483
mischievously1512
pestilently1528
badly1580
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
prejudiciously1614
evilly1631
damageably1648
deleteriously1657
disserviceablya1670
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
detrimentally1879
damnously1884
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. §20. 27 Who more..evilly entreated and persecuted in the world.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 162 Others, who publish..evilly and falsly..that Richard late King of England..is still alive.
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. vii. 320 She would..make known who~ever should be so evilly affected.
1677 London Gaz. No. 1239/4 A Spanish Man of War..commanded the Masters on board, very evilly intreated them.
1844 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation 356 The production of those evilly disposed beings is in this manner.
1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God ii. iii. 215 Two or three evilly-squalling brats.
1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey 81 The hot, greasy biscuit, steaming evilly up into the face.
1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 35 They eyed me askance very evilly and munched their chocolate chicchi.
1879 Premature Death 62 It tells evilly on the health-condition of large sections of the population.
3. Unfavourably.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adverb]
ill1548
evilly1668
1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 260 Not to desire heaven..is so evilly thought of, that, etc.
1823 C. Lamb Let. 5 Apr. (1935) II. 377 And let 'em talk as evilly as they do of the envy of Poets.
1864 Duke of Manchester Court & Society II. 160 This latter, evilly celebrated in his day, was Ferdinando, Marquis de Paleotti.
1883 Daily News 20 June 5/6 The evilly reputed spot—the guet-apens where we were all to be massacred.
4. Not well, badly:
a. Faultily, insufficiently, defectively. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
litherOE
naughtlyOE
litherlya1225
simplya1325
miseaselyc1330
wretchedlyc1340
lewdlyc1386
unhappily1390
miserably?a1425
lodderlyc1425
sorrily1496
singly1548
naughtily1574
sillily1581
lamentably1585
evilly1587
woefully1592
scurvily1616
execrably1633
grievously1742
miscreantly1744
queasily1845
fecklessly1862
God-forsakenly1913
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1278/2 Robert Baldocke..a man evillie beloued.
1590 tr. P. Ubaldini Disc. Spanishe inuading Eng. 1588 21 The which embassage..made the Gentleman to be euilly intertained by our men.
a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 121 How evilly they rest satisfied..is well known.
1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum iii. 643 Restores the whole Skin (though evilly framed as to its Pores) making it well coloured.
b. Unhappily.
ΚΠ
1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. 223 Superstitious men fare most wretchedly & evilly.
5. With difficulty; reluctantly, impatiently.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb]
evil1377
painfully1539
difficultly1542
difficillyc1545
evillya1616
stickily1909
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iv. 149 This Act so euilly borne shall coole the hearts Of all his people. View more context for this quotation
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 234 The Provinces of Aragon also..doe evilly brooke this government.
6. Incorrectly, inappropriately, improperly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adverb]
unproperlya1398
evillya1575
acyrologically1651
viciously1656
badly1672
solecistically1722
impurely1813
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 293 How well and godly he..preached..through the place were very evily applied.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 295 These words of Aristotle, euilly vnderstood by Pliny and other auncient Wryters.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 463 Oh Monument And wonder of good deeds, euilly bestow'd!
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 112 Natural libertie in it self good but evilly applied.
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