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# wickedly

adverb (no change in form)

«wickedly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Wickedly means in an evil way, on purpose to do harm or wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wickedly/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes how a bad character acts; in stories the wicked witch laughs wickedly

### Examples

- The witch laughed wickedly as she shut the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wickedly/#x1)
- The thief wickedly took the king's crown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wickedly/#x2)
- He had wickedly told a lie about his brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wickedly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Lot uses it to beg the men of Sodom not to harm his guests.

**Interpretation.** Lot's plea shows how serious the law of hospitality is, as the tradition reads the sin of Sodom as cruelty to strangers.

### Examples

- And he said: 'I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. (Torah GEN.19.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wickedly/#x1)
- We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly. (Writings PSA.106.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wickedly/#x2)
- Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice. (Writings JOB.34.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wickedly/#x3)
- But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be swept away, both ye and your king.' (Prophets 1SA.12.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wickedly/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wickedly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wickedly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wickedly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wickedly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wickedly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wickedly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wickedly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wickedly.html) on Mova free.