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viciously

/ˈvɪʃ.əs.li/
vi · cious · ly
Adjective:vicious
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viciously Game Scores & Validity

• adverb

1

In a deliberately cruel, spiteful, or violent manner.

Example

"The critic viciously attacked the author's latest novel in the Sunday review."

2

To an extreme, severe, or dangerously intense degree.

Example

"The winter wind blew viciously across the exposed mountain ridge."

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• Rhymes for viciously

• Nearby Words

vicia
vicinity
vicious
viciously
viciousness
vicksburg
victim

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in Middle English by adding the adverbial suffix -ly to vicious, which comes via Old French from the Latin vitiosus ('faulty, defective, or corrupt'), a derivative of vitium ('fault' or 'vice').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Viciously. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/viciously
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