malevolently

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adverb

In a malevolent manner; evilly.

Opposite
Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbmalevolently (comparative more malevolently, superlative most malevolently)

comparative more malevolently · superlative most malevolently

  1. In a malevolent manner; evilly.

    He glared malevolently at the shining porcelain, and then shook his head lugubriously.

    1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 25
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    They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.

    1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

adverbin a malevolent manner

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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Chicago

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