nastily
In mean fashion
Nastily is the adverb form of nasty, describing actions done in an unpleasant, spiteful, or malicious manner.
If someone speaks nastily, they're being deliberately unkind or cruel: She nastily criticized his appearance in front of everyone.
The word can also describe something done in a physically unpleasant or disgusting way, though the sense of meanness predominates in everyday use.
With harmful intent
- vindictivelyWith desire for revenge
- vengefullyWith intent to retaliate
- resentfullyWith bitter indignation
- bitterlyWith harsh resentment
pettily · grudgingly · enviously · jealously · cattily · meanly · hatefully · poisonously
In a harsh, pitiless manner
- viciouslyIn a brutal manner
- brutallyIn a cruel manner
- savagelyIn a brutal manner
- mercilesslyWithout pity or restraint
heartlessly · ruthlessly · callously · pitilessly · inhumanely · barbarically · ferociously · bloodthirstily
In a wounding manner
- bitinglyWith stinging sharpness
- causticallyIn a scathing manner
- acerbicallyIn a harsh, biting manner
- scathinglyIn a severely critical way
sharply · tartly · sarcastically · witheringly · mordantly · acidly · stingingly · incisively
Rudely brief in speech
- brusquelyIn an abrupt manner
- grufflyIn a rough manner
- abrasivelyIn a rough manner
- roughlyIn approximate terms
harshly · coarsely · crudely · discourteously · impolitely · churlishly · surlily · ungraciously
maliciously
With harmful intent
- vindictivelyWith desire for revenge
- vengefullyWith intent to retaliate
- resentfullyWith bitter indignation
bitterly · pettily · grudgingly · enviously · jealously · cattily · meanly · hatefully · poisonously · venomously
cruelly
In a harsh, pitiless manner
mercilessly · heartlessly · ruthlessly · callously · pitilessly · inhumanely · barbarically · ferociously · bloodthirstily · sadistically
cuttingly
In a wounding manner
- bitinglyWith stinging sharpness
- causticallyIn a scathing manner
- acerbicallyIn a harsh, biting manner
scathingly · sharply · tartly · sarcastically · witheringly · mordantly · acidly · stingingly · incisively · trenchantly
curtly
Rudely brief in speech
- brusquelyIn an abrupt manner
- grufflyIn a rough manner
- abrasivelyIn a rough manner
roughly · harshly · coarsely · crudely · discourteously · impolitely · churlishly · surlily · ungraciously · offensively
nastilykindly
Warmly, with goodwill
gently · compassionately · tenderly · sweetly · benevolently
nastilynicely
In pleasant manner
pleasantly · agreeably · amiably · genially · graciously