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[ adverb ] in a vicious manner
Examples "he was viciously attacked" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The wife , Amra , and her lover are both savagely portrayed , she as incarnate sensuality , `` voluptuous '' and `` indolent '' , possibly `` a mischief maker '' , with `` a kind of luxurious cunning '' to set against her apparent simplicity , her `` bird like brain '' . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)Alastor was published only to be savagely attacked , contemptuously ignored . |
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