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villainly¹

Where it comes from

From villain + -ly.

adjective more villainly · most villainly

  1. Characteristic of a villain. By the ox of St. Luke, thou idle, cogging knave—thou rascally, miscreant spy, if ever I catch thee dogging my footsteps, by day or night, or concerning thyself in any way about act of mine, I will think no more of drawing my dagger across thy villainly throat, than I would of slicing a melon or cucu

    Similar: villainous, villainy

villainly²

Where it comes from

From Middle English vilenly; equivalent to villain + -ly.

adverb more villainly · most villainly

  1. In the manner of a villain. And whan they vnderstode this they walked fast, & cam nigħ to the bridge, and sawe thre cristen that were 28 ouerthrawen on the bridge by strokkes of speerys. ‘Fourth,’ said then one of them, ‘we tary to longe perceyue you not how this Dogges oppressen vylaynly these valyaunt & worthy crystens?’ a

    Similar: villainously

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@misc{villainly_2026,
  title = {villainly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/villainly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}