as in villainously
in a mean or spiteful manner
she's malignantly conspiring to ruin her rival's career
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Adverb
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Our policy is—and has long been—that team members are only responsible for paying for personal protective equipment if the equipment is lost or maliciously damaged.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Ultimately, the risk is not that AI agents will behave maliciously.—
Dan Mountstephen,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In other words, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Mary leaves four children, ages 10 to 17 — and relatives feuding so bitterly that the two families had to go to court to decide where Mary would be laid to rest and two separate memorial services were held.—
Jill Smolowe,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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The strike was fought bitterly on both sides.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Images of Labubus beamed malevolently from their packaging, as if gloating in their unreachability.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But instead of following the legal process, the city discharged the arrestees right into the waiting arms of a vigilante gang, who drove the Wobblies to the county line and viciously beat them with axe handles.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Apr. 2026
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The dictator’s successor, Ion Iliescu, viciously crushed pro-democracy demonstrations.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Malignantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malignantly. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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