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malignly

malignly adverb: in a malign manner.

Adverb

malignly (comparative more malignly, superlative most malignly)

  1. In a malign manner.

Forms of malignly

comparativemore malignly
superlativemost malignly

Origin of malignly

From malign + -ly.

Questions about malignly

What does malignly mean?
Malignly means in a malign manner.
What part of speech is malignly?
Malignly is an adverb.

Words near malignly in the dictionary

  1. malignins
  2. malignities
  3. malignity
  4. malignization
  5. malignizations
  6. malignly
  7. malignment
  8. malignments
  9. malignoma
  10. malignomas
  11. maligns

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