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



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