vilely

1. 1.

   in a vile manner

   “his vilely spelt and illiterate letters”

Questions about vilely

What does vilely mean?

vilely means "in a vile manner".

How many syllables are in vilely?

vilely has 3 syllables and divides as vi-le-ly 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 vilely a common word?

vilely 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.