nastily, adv.
(ˈnɑːstɪlɪ, -æ-)
[f. nasty a. + -ly2.]
In a nasty manner or state; filthily; disagreeably, unpleasantly.
| 1611 Cotgr., Sordidement, filthily, nastily, naughtily. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme vii. xxxviii. 701 The Badger.., finding his lodging so nastily beraied, presently..forsakes the place. 1663 Aron-bimn. 68 The Houses of God could not be suffered to lie so Nastily..were the true worship of God observed in them. 1741 Richardson Pamela I. 239, I vexed her yesterday, because she talk'd nastily. 1775 Mrs. J. Harris Lett. I. 302 He feeds nastily and ferociously, and eats quantities most unthankfully. 1858 Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. (1872) I. 52 Streets narrow..and smelling nastily. |