Meaning

1 senses
  1. In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.

    with malice; in a malicious manner

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Miroslav was deliberately and maliciously killed.

  2. Miroslav was acting maliciously.

  3. Sami's dog maliciously killed Layla's cat.

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  4. Ziri wanted to maliciously hurt Rima.

  5. Trans people have no representation in the UK. Both parties have become maliciously, sadistically transphobic.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious + -ly.

From Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious + -ly.

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Forms

more maliciously, most maliciously
Comparativemore maliciously Lesson
Superlativemost maliciously

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmalicious

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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