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
And then you have people who are revealed, in moments, as being malignantly narcissistic, decidedly morally corrupt, and starkly malevolent.
From Washington Times
In the publisher’s announcement, she concluded that her uncle transformed the U.S. “into a macro version of my malignantly dysfunctional family.”
From Los Angeles Times
“In short, he transformed our country into a macro version of my malignantly dysfunctional family,” Ms. Trump said in a statement.
From Washington Times
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
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