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malignantly

malignantly adverb: in a malignant manner.

Adverb

malignantly (comparative more malignantly, superlative most malignantly)

  1. In a malignant manner.
    • So miserably fallen is the faculty of the nation, that the greater portion of the books which are annually published are made or compiled, and not conceived; and if an original work appears, to flash upon the region of dulness, the bibliothetic dolts meanly and malignantly confederate to limit its...1797 February 25, John Williams, “Dedication. To the Noblemen and Gentlemen Constituting That Very Honorable Society, Called, The Literary Fund.”, in The Pin-Basket to the Children of Thespis. With...
    • Macaulay was concerned to interpret the seventeenth century in terms of the triumph of the Whigs as champions of public rights; and he upheld this one-sidedly but not malignantly.1913, G. K. Chesterton, chapter 1, in The Victorian Age in Literature

malignantly meaning in Tamil

malignantly in Tamil

தீயநோக்கம் கொண்டு

Forms of malignantly

comparativemore malignantly
superlativemost malignantly

Origin of malignantly

From malignant + -ly.

Questions about malignantly

What does malignantly mean?
Malignantly means in a malignant manner.
What is malignantly in Tamil?
Malignantly in Tamil is தீயநோக்கம் கொண்டு. See Malignantly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is malignantly?
Malignantly is an adverb.

Words near malignantly in the dictionary

  1. malignancies
  2. malignancy
  3. malignant
  4. malignant catarrhal fever
  5. malignant edema
  6. malignantly
  7. malignants
  8. malignation
  9. malignations
  10. maligne
  11. maligned

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