foully
/ˈfaʊl(l)i/adverb
foully is an adverb meaning “In a foul manner; revoltingly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U-L-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does foully mean?
adverb
- 1
In a foul manner; revoltingly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce foully?
- /ˈfaʊl(l)i/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of foully
- more foully comparative
- most foully superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is foully?
Foully appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does foully come from?
Inherited from Middle English foully, from Old English fūllīċe; by surface analysis, foul + ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).