malevolently

English

Etymology

malevolent +‎ -ly

Adverb

malevolently (comparative more malevolently, superlative most malevolently)

1. In a malevolent manner; evilly.
   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 25:

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

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

     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.

Antonyms

• benevolently

Translations

malevolently — see maliciously