criminally en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English criminal Middle English -ly English -ly English criminally From criminal + -ly.
Meanings
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In a criminal manner.
The move will transfer the facility’s more than 200 prisoners, including 50 deemed criminally insane, from a fortresslike building with bars on the windows and cement walls and ceilings into a unit of Manhattan Psychiatric Center, a civilian hospital close by on Wards Island.
2019 December 13, Annie Correal, “Why Workers Fear Moving 50 Criminally Insane Patients”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more criminally | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most criminally | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
criminally · forbiddenly · delinquently · illicitly · illegitimately · illegally · unlawfully · illegally
Translations (6)
ro criminal (in a criminal manner) · es criminalmente (in a criminal manner) · fi rikollisesti (in a criminal manner) · pt criminalmente (in a criminal manner) · ca criminalment (in a criminal manner) · nrf crînminnellement (in a criminal manner)