viperishly

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English

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Etymology

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From viperish +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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viperishly (comparative more viperishly, superlative most viperishly)

  1. In a viperish manner.
    • 2003 March 19, John Vinocur, “France and Germany are left to wonder:Did they carry things too far?”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Its lead editorial's response was mostly yes, noting viperishly that France was rather good at accommodating itself to any detestable status quo.