evilly

Synonyms for evilly

adv immorally

Antonyms for evilly

wickedly

adverb. sinfully

Word Origin & History

Old English yfel (Kentish evel) "bad, vicious, ill, wicked," from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz (cf. Old Saxon ubil, Old Frisian and Middle Dutch evel, Dutch euvel, Old High German ubil, German übel, Gothic ubils), from PIE *upelo-, from root *wap- (cf. Hittite huwapp- "evil").

"In OE., as in all the other early Teut. langs., exc. Scandinavian, this word is the most comprehensive adjectival expression of disapproval, dislike or disparagement" [OED]. Evil was the word the Anglo-Saxons used where we would use bad, cruel, unskillful, defective (adj.), or harm, crime, misfortune, disease (n.). The meaning "extreme moral wickedness" was in Old English, but did not become the main sense until 18c. Related: Evilly. Evil eye (Latin oculus malus) was Old English eage yfel. Evilchild is attested as an English surname from 13c.

Example Sentences for evilly

He owes naught to me since I used him so evilly, and therefore I may not ask his aid.'

The damsel was evilly clad in rags, and seemed like a scullion-maid.

She stared down at it fiercely, evilly, like a witch planning an enchantment.

"It is ever well to help the helpless," said Hunding evilly.

It was no longer smooth-shaven, and it was changed, evilly changed.

He laughed at this—but evilly, and no further word could I get out of either of them.

The man spake none so evilly for a persecutor, and in my heart I liked him.

He drew near the window bars and glowered down at them evilly.

Not all visitors to Canterbury were so evilly entreated as the Duc de Nivernais.

How evilly could Life desert a man and kill him with loneliness.

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