malignantly
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9.3
- adverb
- /məˈlɪɡnəntli/
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malignamente
- A bullet hissed malignantly past Caudell.
They are both malignantly narcissistic sociopaths with delusions of paranoia and grandeur.
- They are both malignantly narcissistic sociopaths with delusions of paranoia and grandeur.
Examples
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The malignantly invasive species spread rapidly, outcompeting native plants for resources.
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She backed away from the wet, malignantly animated wall.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now his captor glared at him malignantly.
Fiction book (2000) -
It will become more and more brazen and malignantly narcissistic.
Blog text (23) -
More malignantly, a young king's treatment of old men marked him out as either a grandchild who nurtured his elders or a predator who consumed and endangered the nation.
Academic text (2005) -
Despite his own problems, he's the one person who could redeem himself by intervening and settling this before Orkin's stock and ethical reputation is malignantly affected.
Blog text (27) -
Voters in the states of Washington and Colorado OK'd recreational use of marijuana, a libertarian initiative fueled by support from liberals fed up with malignantly punitive drug laws.
Blog text (28) -
The doctors were concerned because the tumor was growing malignantly, threatening his health.
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She spoke malignantly about her rival, showing her desire to cause harm.
Synonyms
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8.7
In an angry and hurtful way
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7.3
To speak or act in a very hurtful and angry way
In a way that causes great harm
In a mean and harmful way
Antonyms
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Malignantly comes from the root mal- meaning 'bad' and from malign meaning 'harmful', and you can see mal- in words like malfunction and malicious. So malignantly means 'in a harmful or dangerous way', which is why doctors use it for tumors that grow and spread quickly.