malevolently
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a malevolent manner; evilly.
Example Sentences
- "He glared malevolently at the shining porcelain, and then shook his head lugubriously."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English malevolent Middle English -ly English -ly English malevolently From malevolent + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more malevolently (comparative)
most malevolently (superlative)