naughtily

adverb

Definition of naughtilynext
as in awfully

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Recent Examples of naughtily The outsize failings of the men in power demand a grand reimagining of the consequences of those failings, and Helen of Nowhere offers up, exhilaratingly and naughtily, a myth for the man who needs to be shuffled offstage one way or another. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naughtily
  1. awfully
  2. dreadfully
  3. terribly
  4. horribly
  5. disastrously
  6. atrociously
  7. horrendously
  8. insufficiently
Adverb
  • The company hopes to make diagnostic testing cheaper and more accessible — a mission that may sound awfully familiar to anyone who followed the rise and fall of Theranos.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Last night, Stewart attended the 2026 Golden Heart Awards in an outfit that looked awfully familiar.
    — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of awfully
Adverb
  • Rooms in Blocks 8 and 9 are closest to reception, and the swimming pool, but no walk is dreadfully far (especially considering the interesting animals that meander the pathways).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Although Yamaha has been dreadfully slow about bringing its motorcycles to India, the R2 made its global debut there this week.
    — Yamaha, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dreadfully
Adverb
  • That’s not terribly surprising given the two teams have clashed multiple times over the past 25 years of Xbox.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Conservation can go terribly wrong if local communities aren’t consulted during planning.
    — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • Markos takes revenge by slicing up Matt’s face with a switchblade, leaving him horribly disfigured and his acting career essentially over.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Nature created measles, modern science found the vaccine to stop it cold and end it forever and now horribly, Bobby Kennedy has brought it roaring back.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of horribly
Adverb
  • From that point on, this martial arts video game adaptation becomes disastrously scattered, between setups and payoffs at complete odds, confounding ADR, and a total lack of any actual conclusion.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Audi, which disastrously reconfigured its entire model-naming strategy a while ago before changing it all back, must have missed that memo.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of disastrously
Adverb
  • That pattern stayed broadly consistent last season, when Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur’s goalkeepers performed badly, but not atrociously.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of atrociously
Adverb
  • The less said about Bryan’s horrendously gauche fuchsia-and-gold dress with puffy armholes and halter neck the better.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • Too little regulation could allow the unleashing of devilish AI that might wipe us out or at least be horrendously destructive.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of horrendously
Adverb
  • Soenen alleges Brown officials were insufficiently responsive to her questions about the process.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Internal pressure gave the missile its structural rigidity, meaning the vehicle could buckle if insufficiently pressurized.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of insufficiently

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“Naughtily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naughtily. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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