fairly vicious
Frequency: 4.51.5 per million words
Indicates a moderate degree of malice or violence.
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Examples (10)
- The debate became fairly vicious towards the end.
- She received some fairly vicious criticism for her performance.
- The guard dog was known to be fairly vicious with strangers.
- It was a fairly vicious attack, though not fatal.
- He made a fairly vicious remark about her new dress.
- The competition turned fairly vicious as the stakes got higher.
- Despite his calm demeanor, he could be fairly vicious when provoked.
- The tabloids launched a fairly vicious campaign against the celebrity.
- He described the illness as fairly vicious, requiring prolonged treatment.
- The children's playground fight escalated into something fairly vicious.