maleficently
maleficently adverb: in a maleficent manner.
Adverb
maleficently (comparative more maleficently, superlative most maleficently)
- In a maleficent manner.
- Robson displayed extraordinary tragic power ; was maleficently passionate as Sir Giles Overreach, and anon, in the indispensable mad scene, as pathetic and pitiable as Lear.1882, Dutton Cook, “Frederick Robson”, in Sylvanus Urban, editor, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 252, London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, page 729
- They can also act maleficently by being overly aggressive and risking iatrogenic harm with ineffective therapies.1996, Philip C. Hébert, Doing Right: A Practical Guide to Ethics for Physicians and Medical Trainees, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 13
Forms of maleficently
| comparative | more maleficently |
|---|---|
| superlative | most maleficently |
Origin of maleficently
From maleficent + -ly.
Questions about maleficently
- What does maleficently mean?
- Maleficently means in a maleficent manner.
- What part of speech is maleficently?
- Maleficently is an adverb.
Words near maleficently in the dictionary
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