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Difference Between Nasty and Nastily

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Nasty

Very bad or unpleasant
Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell
Dad's had a nasty accident

Nastily

Disgusting or repellent
A nasty odor rising from the garbage can.

Nasty

Behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way
Harry was a nasty, foul-mouthed old devil

Nastily

Unpleasantly cold or wet
Nasty weather.

Nasty

Damaging or harmful
A nasty, vicious-looking hatchet

Nastily

(Archaic) Dirty; filthy.
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Nasty

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing
A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Nastily

Morally offensive or indecent
A nasty film.

Nasty

Disgusting or repellent
A nasty odor rising from the garbage can.

Nastily

Unpleasant or annoying
A nasty habit.

Nasty

Unpleasantly cold or wet
Nasty weather.

Nastily

Mean or spiteful
Stop being nasty to each other.
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Nasty

(Archaic) Dirty; filthy.

Nastily

Painful or dangerous; grave
A nasty accident.

Nasty

Morally offensive or indecent
A nasty film.

Nastily

Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle
A nasty puzzle.
A nasty problem.

Nasty

Unpleasant or annoying
A nasty habit.

Nastily

One that is nasty
"It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).

Nasty

Mean or spiteful
Stop being nasty to each other.

Nastily

In a nasty manner.

Nasty

Painful or dangerous; grave
A nasty accident.

Nastily

In a nasty manner.

Nasty

Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle
A nasty puzzle.
A nasty problem.

Nastily

In a nasty ill-tempered manner;
`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily

Nasty

One that is nasty
"It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).

Nasty

Dirty, filthy.

Nasty

Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).

Nasty

Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.

Nasty

Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.

Nasty

Spiteful, unkind.

Nasty

Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.

Nasty

Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).

Nasty

Formidable, terrific; wicked.

Nasty

(informal) Something nasty.
Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.
This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.

Nasty

Sexual intercourse.

Nasty

A video nasty.

Nasty

Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.

Nasty

Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.

Nasty

Characterized by obscenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.

Nasty

Vicious; offensively ill-tempered; insultingly mean; spiteful; as, a nasty disposition.

Nasty

Difficult to deal with; troublesome; as, he fell of his bike and got a nasty bruise on his knee.

Nasty

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious;
In a nasty mood
A nasty accident
A nasty shock
A nasty smell
A nasty trick to pull
Will he say nasty things at my funeral?

Nasty

Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent;
A nasty problem
A good man to have on your side in a tight situation

Nasty

Thoroughly unpleasant;
Filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having

Nasty

Characterized by obscenity;
Had a filthy mouth
Foul language
Smutty jokes

Nasty

Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
As filthy as a pigsty
A foul pond
A nasty pigsty of a room

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