nefariously

1. 1.

   in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree

   “nefariously involved in a conspiracy”

Questions about nefariously

What does nefariously mean?

nefariously means "in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree".

How many syllables are in nefariously?

nefariously has 5 syllables and divides as ne-fa-ri-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is nefariously a common word?

nefariously 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.