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malignly
adverb
formaluk /məˈlaɪn.li/ us /məˈlaɪn.li/
in a way that causes or intends to cause harm or evil:
As she walked back across the yard he stared at her malignly.
She smiled, a little malignly.
They are wonderful people, but they have been malignly stereotyped in this country for centuries.
He has also suggested that the law could be used malignly.
Our libel laws can sometimes be used malignly in an attempt to silence the critics of powerful people.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
acerbic
acerbically
acerbity
acidly
anti-cruelty
cold-heartedly
cruel
cruelly
cruelty
cruelty to someone/something
meanness
mental cruelty
merciless
mercilessly
mordant
trenchant
trenchantly
uncharitable
uncharitably
unchristian
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