malign
verb (used with object)
malignly
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a word derived from
malign.
Example Sentences
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If you want to look at that malignly you certainly could do: they have made it so nobody can afford to write stories about them.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2015
Dear Worried, There’s something malignly brilliant about hiding sick fan obsession under cover of a thesis.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2012
The novel is for the lighter moment after the deed is done, when he is no longer brunting Fate, but reclining idly, and reflecting humorously or malignly on this life.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
Imps have their freakish wickedness in them to kindle detective vision: malignly do they love to uncover ridiculousness in imposing figures.
From The Egoist by George Meredith
His spiteful eyes grinned at the white fluid malignly, as if whatever it emblemed of purity, of simplicity, exasperated him.
From The Proud Prince by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
