— wickedly , adv.
/wik"id/ , adj., wickeder, wickedest , adv.
adj.
1. evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
2. mischievous or playfully malicious: These wicked kittens upset everything.
3. distressingly severe, as a storm, wound, or cold: a wicked winter.
4. unjustifiable; dreadful; beastly: wicked prices; a wicked exam.
5. having a bad disposition; ill-natured; mean: a wicked horse.
6. spiteful; malevolent; vicious: a wicked tongue.
7. extremely troublesome or dangerous: wicked roads.
8. unpleasant; foul: a wicked odor.
9. Slang. wonderful; great; masterful; deeply satisfying: He blows a wicked trumpet.
adv.
10. Slang. very; really; totally: That shirt is wicked cool.
[ 1225-75; ME wikked, equiv. to wikke bad (repr. adj. use of OE wicca wizard; cf. WITCH) + -ed -ED 3 ]
Syn. 1. unrighteous, ungodly, godless, impious, profane, blasphemous; immoral, profligate, corrupt, depraved, dissolute; heinous; infamous, villainous. See bad 1 .
Ant. 1. good, virtuous.