Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a nefarious manner; with extreme wickedness; abominably.

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  • adverb In a nefarious manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree

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Examples

  • And, I say to them, you used the term nefariously, odiously and defensively; now that we use it as a term of endearment you can't have in, that's the restriction of your white supremacist and racist mindset, you got to deal with that.

    CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2007 2007

  • Before addressing the nefariously atrocious persecution of Christians in foreign nations, it is necessary to establish that the persecution of Christians is not a sentiment justified by popular Islamic thought.

    Noah Fitzgerel: Not All Islam Is Radical Islam Noah Fitzgerel 2012

  • Having said that, I would recommend someone check the water supplies of State Governors to test them for "aphrodesiacs" that may have been nefariously and covertly added.

    Business as usual for embattled South Carolina governor 2009

  • Quite a number of them are nefariously negativistic and narcissistic.

    Obama challenges reform detractors to explain themselves 2009

  • Before addressing the nefariously atrocious persecution of Christians in foreign nations, it is necessary to establish that the persecution of Christians is not a sentiment justified by popular Islamic thought.

    Noah Fitzgerel: Not All Islam Is Radical Islam Noah Fitzgerel 2012

  • There is no evidence of any worldwide conspiracy, no mention of George Soros nefariously funding climate research, no grand plan to ‘get rid of the MWP’, no admission that global warming is a hoax, no evidence of the falsifying of data, and no ‘marching orders’ from our socialist/communist/vegetarian overlords.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • Face-to-Facebook, like ICanStalkU.com, shows users the kind of information they have inadvertently seeped into the public sphere, and the ways a third party could nefariously or hilariously make use of it.

    Claire Gordon: The Anti-Facebook Revolution Claire Gordon 2011

  • Before addressing the nefariously atrocious persecution of Christians in foreign nations, it is necessary to establish that the persecution of Christians is not a sentiment justified by popular Islamic thought.

    Noah Fitzgerel: Not All Islam Is Radical Islam Noah Fitzgerel 2012

  • Face-to-Facebook, like ICanStalkU.com, shows users the kind of information they have inadvertently seeped into the public sphere, and the ways a third party could nefariously or hilariously make use of it.

    Claire Gordon: The Anti-Facebook Revolution Claire Gordon 2011

  • Before addressing the nefariously atrocious persecution of Christians in foreign nations, it is necessary to establish that the persecution of Christians is not a sentiment justified by popular Islamic thought.

    Noah Fitzgerel: Not All Islam Is Radical Islam Noah Fitzgerel 2012

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