Definition of Malignly

1. Adverb. In a malign and evil manner.

Partainyms: Malign

Definition of Malignly

1. adv. In a malign manner; with malignity.

Definition of Malignly

1. Adverb. In a malign manner. ¹

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Definition of Malignly

1. in an evil manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malignly

malignant tertian malaria
malignant tertian malarial parasite
malignant tumor
malignant tumour
malignantly
maligned
maligner
maligners
malignified
malignifies
malignify
malignifying
maligning
malignities
malignity
malignly (current term)
malignment
maligns
malihini
malihinis
malik
maliks
malimbe
malimbes
maline
malines
malinger
malingered
malingerer
malingerers

Literary usage of Malignly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"MALEVOLENTLY, mà-lév'-vo- . li'-iu-ly. ad. malignly, malignantly. ... malignly, mà-11'ne-I^. ad. ..."

2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"malignly, malignantly. ... malignly, ma-line'lé. ad. Enviously, with ill will. Malice,destructive tendency ..."

3. My novel, or, Varieties in English life by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Pisistratus Caxton (1851)
"of the world regard malignly, the majesty of law protects their ears, and the merciful fore-thought of nature deprived their remote ancestors of the ..."

4. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1860)
"... when ho is no longer brunt- ing Fate, but reclining idly, and reflecting humorously or malignly on this life. The epic is closely and strongly framed, ..."

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