And there are the fairy-tale aspects of the knight in impeccably tailored armor going off to slay incredibly nasty villains, easily the equals of any dragons of yore.

There is nothing to stop an incredibly nasty man nonetheless doing good science.

"Flaming can reach incredibly nasty levels," said Eugene Spafford, an assistant professor of computer science at Purdue University.

He was once president of the co-op board, a period recalled by one resident as one of "incredibly nasty politics" over running the building.

There's something incredibly nasty going on with this murder case.

Xypacas were incredibly nasty little carnivores that had been discovered on some hellworld by the Company's probeships.

She tossed another incredibly nasty look to pop.

"I think the market is such an incredibly nasty place now," said Ms. Straubinger, an agent with Eychner Associates.

At least, this is what I tell Italian-Americans who write me incredibly nasty letters when my mob stories appear.

"And if you level with them, if you say, 'Look, we think you're doing such-and-such to yourself,' they'll get incredibly nasty and arrogant."