viciously

1. 1.

   in a vicious manner

   “he was viciously attacked”

   Synonymsbrutallysavagely

Questions about viciously

What does viciously mean?

viciously means "in a vicious manner".

How many syllables are in viciously?

viciously has 3 syllables: vic-iou-sly. The stress falls on "vic". In IPA it is /ˈvɪʃəsli/.

What is another word for viciously?

Close synonyms include brutally, savagely. 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 viciously a common word?

viciously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.