Grammatical class

Adverb

méchamment

nastily; meanly; cruelly

Details

Syllables

mé-cham-ment

Phonetics

me.ʃa.mɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

7397

Freq. (movies)

11442

Freq. (news)

38905

Sentences

William a commencé à rire méchamment.

William started to laugh meanly.

B1

Je suis méchamment tombé, et j'ai écopé d'un hématome noir au genou.

I fell down really hard and got a black bruise on my knee.

B1

Je me suis fait méchamment piqué par une guêpe.

I got a nasty sting from a wasp.

B2