nastily

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English nasty

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English nastily

From nasty + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

nastily (comparative more nastily, superlative most nastily)

1. In a nasty manner.
   • 1979 August 4, Lisa Nussbaum, “Lesbianism 101”, in Gay Community News, page 15:

     laced with humor that lampoons and ridicules, but never nastily so

Anagrams

• antsily, saintly