maliciously

English

Alternative forms

• malitiously (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

maliciously (comparative more maliciously, superlative most maliciously)

1. In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.
   • 1882, William Marshall, “Pursuit”, in Strange Chapman, volume 1, page 153:

     "Theer, govison, (blockhead) tak that," and Jack flings maliciously at him the wisp of rushes wherewith he has rubbed down his own bemudded person.

   • 1968, New York Times Saturday review of books and art:

     All of these base qualities combined compose a maliciously beautyless whole not to be found in other countries, and prove conclusively the brutal power of great sums of money for the enforcement of vulgarity […]

Translations

In a malicious manner

• Armenian: նենգաբար (hy) (nengabar)
• Catalan: maliciosament (ca)
• Esperanto: malice
• Finnish: pahansuovasti, pahantahtoisesti
• French: malicieusement (fr)
• Galician: maliciosamente (gl)
• Greek: χαιρέκακα (el) (chairékaka)
• Portuguese: maliciosamente (pt), malevolamente
• Spanish: maliciosamente (es)