viciously adv.
邪恶地, 敌意地
viciously[ adv ]
in a vicious manner
<adv.all>
he was viciously attacked
Vicious \Vi"cious\, a. [OF. vicious, F. vicieux, fr. L.
vitiosus, fr. vitium vice. See {Vice} a fault.]
1. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty;
imperfect.
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess. --Shak.
The title of these lords was vicious in its origin.
--Burke.
A charge against Bentley of vicious reasoning. --De
Quincey.
2. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct;
depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples;
vicious conduct.
Who . . . heard this heavy curse,
Servant of servants, on his vicious race. --Milton.
3. Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air,
water, etc. --Dryden.
4. Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language;
vicious idioms.
5. Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly;
refractory; as, a vicious horse.
6. Bitter; spiteful; malignant. [Colloq.]
Syn: Corrupt; faulty; wicked; depraved.
※ -- {Vi"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Vi"cious*ness}, n.
- I believe that huntsmen are primitives: viciously non-intelligent throw-backs to the time when our ancestors first came down from the trees.
- But when Tower wanted the job of defense secretary, his former colleagues turned on him viciously and drummed him out of public service.
- When Macbeth is finally, viciously stabbed, the spurt of blood form his mouth brings a horrified gasp from the audience. Yet the show is not all intense.
- Investigators said they don't know what prompted the puppy to bite the child, but they don't believe the dog attacked her viciously, adding that the child might have had milk or formula on her fingers.
- "They have viciously slandered the patriotism and record of Michael Dukakis and then turned around and whistled sweetness and light when they are called to account," he said.
- After reviewing a draft provided by the author, Drexel charges that the book contains hundreds of errors and viciously misrepresents the investment bank and its junk-bond chief, Michael Milken.
- Even when the big evils - Fascism, Communism - are conquered, it seems to say, the black dogs stay with us, whether lodged in the German skinheads of West Berlin or in a father viciously beating his child.
- First, the defence industry - in Europe especially - is becoming ever more viciously competitive.
- "They have viciously slandered the patriotism and record of Michael Dukakis and then turned around and whistled sweetness and light when they are called to account," Bentsen said in a speech prepared for delivery at Stanford University.