wickedly
wick·ed·ly/ˈwɪkɪdli/adverb
wickedly is spelled W-I-C-K-E-D-L-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables (wick·ed·ly). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, wickedly means “In a wicked manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wickedly?
| Letters | 8: W-I-C-K-E-D-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: wick·ed·ly |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is wickedly?
Wickedly appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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).
How do you pronounce wickedly?
- /ˈwɪkɪdli/
Wickedly has 3 syllables, split wick·ed·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-wickedly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wickedly
- more wickedly comparative
- most wickedly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wickedly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a wicked manner.
- 2
USslangvery
The film was wickedly funny.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wickedly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a wicked manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mauvaisement, méchamment, cruellement |
| Portuguese | perversamente |
| Spanish | malvadamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does wickedly come from?
From Middle English wyckedly, wykkedlyche, equivalent to wicked + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).