vilely
/ˈvaɪl.li/adverb
vilely is an adverb meaning “In a vile manner, evilly, despicably” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-L-E-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vilely mean?
adverb
- 1
In a vile manner, evilly, despicably.
- 2
Terribly, awfully.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vilely?
- /ˈvaɪl.li/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vilely.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vilely
- more vilely comparative
- most vilely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vilely?
Vilely appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 vilely come from?
From Middle English vyly, vileliche, fijlliche, villiche, equivalent to vile + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).