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maliciously

maliciously adverb: in a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.

Adverb

maliciously (comparative more maliciously, superlative most maliciously)

  1. In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.
    • "Theer, govison, (blockhead) tak that," and Jack flings maliciously at him the wisp of rushes wherewith he has rubbed down his own bemudded person.1882, William Marshall, “Pursuit”, in Strange Chapman, volume 1, page 153
    • All of these base qualities combined compose a maliciously beautyless whole not to be found in other countries, and prove conclusively the brutal power of great sums of money for the enforcement of vulgarity[…]1968, New York Times Saturday review of books and art

maliciously meaning in Tamil

maliciously in Tamil

தீயஎண்ணத்துடன்

Forms of maliciously

comparativemore maliciously
superlativemost maliciously
alternative formmalitiously

Origin of maliciously

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

Questions about maliciously

What does maliciously mean?
Maliciously means in a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.
What is maliciously in Tamil?
Maliciously in Tamil is தீயஎண்ணத்துடன். See Maliciously meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is maliciously?
Maliciously is an adverb.

Words near maliciously in the dictionary

  1. malicious
  2. malicious compliance
  3. malicious mischief
  4. malicious prosecution
  5. malicious prosecutions
  6. maliciously
  7. maliciousness
  8. maliciousnesses
  9. Malick
  10. Malicki
  11. Malickis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: maliciously (page history and authors); maliciously (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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