naughtily

1. 1.

   in a disobedient or naughty way

   “he behaved badly in school”

   “he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister”

   “behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room”

   Synonymsbadlymischievously

Questions about naughtily

What does naughtily mean?

naughtily means "in a disobedient or naughty way".

How many syllables are in naughtily?

naughtily has 3 syllables: naugh-ti-ly. The stress falls on "naugh".

What is another word for naughtily?

Close synonyms include badly, mischievously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is naughtily a common word?

naughtily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.