Viciously

Examples

• Give him some more stew, Pilar said viciously to Maria. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• And thou, the woman of Pablo said to Pablo almost viciously. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She showed it by brushing away viciously at Margaret's hair, under pretence of being in a great hurry to go to Mrs. Hale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Mr. Rochester flung me behind him: the lunatic sprang and grappled his throat viciously, and laid her teeth to his cheek: they struggled. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He came towards us, slashing viciously at the flowers with his riding-whip. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Born to be hanged, more like, said Maurice viciously, hardly able to conceal his dislike of this heartless, cowardly, beautiful animal before him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I found him sitting in a snug corner of the hall, consulting his memorandum book, and curling up viciously at the corners of the lips. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He was idly beating the branches as he lounged along: or he stooped viciously to rip the moss from the trees with his stick. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• We were always moved to appease him with the stub before the cigar was half gone, because he looked so viciously anxious. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I've no doubt about it, retorted the lady viciously; but, thank heaven, I do not know Latin. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Fighting viciously every readjustment which a nation demands, they make their own overthrow inevitable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Pilar said to him suddenly and viciously. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Typist: Maura