adverb
- in a malicious or spiteful manner; with evil intent
Examples
- She smiled malignly as she spread the false rumors.
- The critic malignly attacked the young author’s first novel.
- He spoke malignly of his former business partner.
- The villain malignly plotted his revenge.
- She malignly withheld the information that could have helped him.
- The gossip was malignly intended to damage her reputation.