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Viciously

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Adverb

1. brutally, savagely, viciously

in a vicious manner

Example Sentences:
'he was viciously attacked'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Viciously

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adjective
1. 
wicked or cruel; villainous
a vicious thug
2. 
characterized by violence or ferocity
a vicious blow
3. informal
unpleasantly severe; harsh
a vicious wind
4. 
characterized by malice
vicious lies
5. 
(esp of dogs, horses, etc) ferocious or hostile; dangerous
6. 
characterized by or leading to vice
7. 
invalidated by defects; unsound
a vicious inference
8. obsolete
noxious or morbid
a vicious exhalation

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Viciously

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adjective
1. 
a. 
given to or characterized by vice; evil, corrupt, or depraved
b. 
tending to deprave or corrupt; pernicious
vicious interests
c. 
harmful, unwholesome, or noxious
a vicious concoction
2. 
ruined by defects, flaws, or errors; full of faults
a vicious argument
3. 
having bad or harmful habits; unruly
a vicious horse
4. 
malicious; spiteful; mean
a vicious rumor
5. 
very intense, forceful, sharp, etc.
a vicious blow

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Viciously

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adj.
1. Mean-spirited or deliberately hurtful; malicious: vicious gossip.
2.
a. Extremely violent or injurious; cruel: a vicious blow to the stomach; vicious tactics in suppressing a rebellion.
b. Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals.
c. Disposed to violent or destructive behavior: a vicious dictator.
3. Severe, powerful, or intense; fierce: a vicious storm.
4.
a. Having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved: "All men who succeed ... in finance in New York at last ... return to their native towns, assert that cities are vicious, marry their childhood sweethearts" (Sinclair Lewis).
b. Given to vice, immorality, or depravity: "The sum and substance of it was, That Oliver was a foundling, born of low and vicious parents" (Charles Dickens).
5. Faulty or defective: a forced, vicious style of prose.

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