malignantly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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She wields it malignantly, and she is humiliated for doing so, even more catastrophically than any of her real-life male counterparts.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
And then you have people who are revealed, in moments, as being malignantly narcissistic, decidedly morally corrupt, and starkly malevolent.
From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2021
The bond between a malignantly narcissistic leader and his followers, created by a narcissistic collusion — the belief in each other's specialness and exceptional greatness — is virtually unbreakable.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2020
North Korean state media said the missionary was tried on Friday and admitted to anti-North Korean religious acts and "malignantly hurting the dignity" of the country's supreme leadership, a reference to the ruling Kim family.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2014
Fearfully he watched the flaming orb draw closer and closer, and as its pull grew more pronounced he wondered if it were not, in some nightmarishly fantastic fashion becoming malignantly aware of him.
From Rescue Squad by O'Hara, Thomas J.
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