villainly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more villainly
form: most villainly
Etymology: From Middle English vilenly; equivalent to villain + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And whan they vnderstode this they walked fast, & cam nigħ to the bridge, and sawe thre cristen that were 28 ouerthrawen on the bridge by strokkes of speerys. ‘Fourth,’ said then one of them, ‘we tary to longe
 perceyue you not how this Dogges oppressen vylaynly these valyaunt & worthy crystens?’
 and anone they 32 bended þeir crosbowes, & shot ałł ones
 and ouerthrewe doun on the bridge fro theire horses with that first shotte xxiiᵗⁱ paynemys.
ref: c. 1500, “How Uryan & Guyon tooke leue of theire moder Melusyne and entred theire ship”, in A. K. Donald, editor, Melusine. Compiled (1382-1394 A.D.) by Jean d’Arras; Englisht about 1500. Edited from a Unique Manuscript in the Library of the British Museum, part I (Text, Notes, and Glossary), London: Publisht for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., published 1895, page lines 26–35, page 130:
text: My fortune them withstands, and I lykewyse may destnies vouche
 To kyl that cursyd brood, and for my spouse vproote them quyte.
 Nor not alone this grief doth Agamemnons kindred byte:
 Nor Greeks haue onely cause for wedlock spoyle them selfs to arme. Yet had it bin ynough to stroy them ones, if but one harme
 Suffized had their sinne, and not with spyte all female kinds
 Thus villaynly disdain? what? doth this half trench puff their mynds?
ref: a. 1560, Virgill, Thomas Phaër, transl., “The Ninth Booke of the Aeneidos of Uirgil”, in The Whole .xii. Bookes of the Æneidos of Virgill, London: […] Wyllyam How, for Abraham Veale, published 1573:
text: Law, boaſts it’s pillars upright, liberal, great! Abilities, enhanc’d by virtues rare! Who villainly hurl headlong from it’s ſeat,
 And ſuffering merit make their ſpecial care.
ref: 1793, J[ames] C[artwright] Cross, The Insolvent Debtor: A Simple Pathetic Tale, Founded on Facts. To Which Is Added, a Small Collection of Miscellaneous Poetry., Salisbury: Printed for […], page 4:
text: Ah, noble king, for God’s sake refrain your courage, ye have the name of sovereign noblesse, therefore now do not a thing that should blemish your renown, not to give cause to some to speak of you villainly.
ref: 1936, Arthur Stanley, The Testament of Man: An Anthology of the Spirit, Victor Gollancz, page 249:
text: This divine site of the nativity has been villainly usurped by the schismatic Greeks, and now the Catholic priest is forbidden to say Mass thereat.
ref: 1960, Impresiones de un viajero: viaje por varios paises del Oriente, Europa, Tierra Santa y Norteamerica, 1958, Jaro, Iloilo City: Catholic Publishing House, page 206:
text: […]and the characters around the handsome samurai Nagoya Sanza and his rival, the villainly attractive Fuwa Banzaemon.
ref: 2004, 歌舞伎公演, 国立劇場, page 67:
text: You, our sons, appear to be Russian people, but you serve the Yids. The same Yids who villainly destroyed His Majesty the Emperor, together with the Empress, their innocent daughters, and the adolescent heir to the throne.
ref: 2007, N. N. Shneidman, Double Vision: The Jew in Post-Soviet Russian Literature (1991-2006), Mosaic Press, →ISBN, page 63:
text: “You are a villain for villainly were you created. To torment, inflict pains, sorrows, rival and attack great destinies is your lot”, he croaked, paused and bellowed.”
ref: 2008, Marcel D. Chukwubueze Ugwumadu, The Fiendish Triangle, Cel-Bez & Co. Publishers, →ISBN, page 1:
text: Your latest diabolical plan, a magnum opus of sheer terror and villainly villainous villainy, has been thwarted by a motley ragtag band of untrained and untried castoffs including an orphan, a luckless thief, and a prince whose parents perished at your hand decades ago.
ref: 2014, Joseph J. Bailey, “Failure is NOT the Only Option”, in Nemesis: A Good Guide for Bad Guys: Being an Exceedingly Practical Manual to Achieving Eminence as an Archenemy, Villain, Evil Overlord, & Antihero, 2nd edition, →ISBN:
glosses: In the manner of a villain.
Synonyms: villainously