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malignly, adv.|məˈlaɪnlɪ| [f. malign a. + -ly2.] In a malign manner. 1. With malicious or evil intention.
1543Bale Yet a Course Rom. Fox 52 Soche are euermore the vnworthye wayes of thys worlde, malygnelye to blame menne for ther wele doynge. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. v. Ethelwolf, The Eastern and worst part was malignly afforded to the Father. 1737Pope Hor. Epist. ii. i. 339 Yet lest you think I..praise malignly Arts I cannot reach, Let me [etc.]. 1741Shenstone Judgm. Hercules 117 Her thoughts, to other's charms malignly blind. 1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career II. v. 74 The object malignly called the Briton. 1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. II. 36 The old man chuckled malignly. 2. Unpropitiously, perniciously.
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