MALICIOUSLY
maliciously
(adverb) with malice; in a malicious manner; “she answered maliciously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
maliciously (comparative more maliciously, superlative most maliciously)
in a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons
Source: Wiktionary
MALICIOUS
Ma*li"cious, a. Etym: [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus.
See Malice.]
1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.
I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name. Shak.
2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a
malicious report; malicious mischief.
3. (Law)
Definition: With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and
done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.
Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without
just cause. Burrill.
– Malicious mischief (Law), malicious injury to the property of
another; -- an offense at common law. Wharton.
– Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or
arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without
probable cause. Bouvier.
Syn.
– Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent;
invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign.
– Ma*li"cious*ly, adv.
– Ma*li"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition