Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a vicious manner.
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- adverb In a
vicious manner;ferociously ormaliciously .
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- adverb in a vicious manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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He bit off the word viciously and then sank his head into his hands and bowed it to a depth that alone could express his shame.
Constance Dunlap 1908
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His brother was slain viciously and his fiancé Gwen Conliffe has asked Lawrence’s help in finding the killer.
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I’ve often wondered if the reason gilded-age robber-barons, and their contemporary compadres (like the Koch family, the Coors family, Richard Mellon-Scaife, Murdoch, and similar) fought – and fight – modest wealth-redistribution (through progressive taxation and other measures to benefit the Commons) so savagely and so viciously is because they all know that programs to benefit ALL the People are uniformly popular, and would expand exponentially if given any chance at all.
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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With that, the dark-cloaked as - sailant swung the flat of the sword viciously down on top of Woodrow's head, and the human crumpled.
Stalling 2010
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The creature swung its huge sword viciously, side to side, up and down as it advanced on Torin.
The Dragons of Krynn Weis, Margaret 1994
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With that, the dark-cloaked as - sailant swung the flat of the sword viciously down on top of Woodrow's head, and the human crumpled.
Kendermore Kirchoff, Mary 1989
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The Viking tumbled to the ground and Cormack swung his sword viciously into his neck.
Last Sword Of Power Gemmell, David 1988
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His lightning quick changes between playing the tender father, joking around with his daughter and tearing into her viciously are the sort of thing that makes you wake up in the middle of the night wondering where your childhood has gone.
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In the past, Russell was known as a viciously anti-union company.
Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org Nihar Bhatt 2009
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But firing her after that kind of viciously racist attitude was exactly the right thing to do.
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