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malitiously

malitiously is the obsolete form of maliciously.

Meaning of maliciously

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

Forms of malitiously

comparativemore malitiously
superlativemost malitiously

Origin of malitiously

From malitious + -ly.

Questions about malitiously

What is malitiously the obsolete form of?
Malitiously is the obsolete form of maliciously.

Words near malitiously in the dictionary

  1. Maliszewski
  2. Maliszewskis
  3. Malita
  4. Malitbog
  5. malitious
  6. malitiously
  7. Malitlit
  8. Maliuc
  9. Maliutianka
  10. Maliwaliw
  11. Maliwalo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malitiously (page history and authors); maliciously (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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