FromMiddle Englishwyckedly,wykkedlyche, equivalent towicked +-ly.
- IPA(key):/ˈwɪkɪdli/
- Hyphenation:wick‧ed‧ly
wickedly (comparativemorewickedly,superlativemostwickedly)
- In awicked manner.
1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page280:[T]he sedate monk's hood lifted its head still higher and looked gloomily andwickedly down on it, while it nodded and kept time to the cuckoo's song, as if it were counting how many days it had to live.
- (US,slang)very
