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malefactory

malefactory adjective: doing evil or wicked things.

Adjective

malefactory (comparative more malefactory, superlative most malefactory)

  1. Doing evil or wicked things.
    • One of the boasts of Riversley was, that while the rest of the world ate and drank poison, the Grange lived on its own solid substance, defying malefactory Radical tricksters.1871, George Meredith, The Adventures of Harry Richmond

Forms of malefactory

comparativemore malefactory
superlativemost malefactory

Questions about malefactory

What does malefactory mean?
Malefactory means doing evil or wicked things.
What part of speech is malefactory?
Malefactory is an adjective.

Words near malefactory in the dictionary

  1. malefactive
  2. malefactives
  3. malefactivity
  4. malefactor
  5. malefactors
  6. malefactory
  7. malefactour
  8. malefactours
  9. malefactress
  10. malefactresses
  11. malefacture

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