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maliciously

/məˈɫɪʃɪsɫi/ adv

In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.

Word Origin Maliciously comes from Latin malus 'bad', which is the root of a whole family of negative words: malice, malign, malignant, malevolent (wishing bad), and even malodorous (bad smell). The -ious makes it an adjective, and -ly makes it an adverb. So when you do something maliciously, you're doing it with bad intent — literally 'badly' in the moral sense.

adv In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.

He maliciously spread false rumors about his colleague to damage her reputation.

(副词) 恶意地；存心地；歹毒地

他恶意散布关于同事的虚假谣言以损害她的声誉。

(adverbio) maliciosamente; con malicia; con mala intención; malévolamente; con malevolencia [De manera maliciosa, o por razones maliciosas.]

Difundió maliciosamente falsos rumores sobre su colega para dañar su reputación.

(adverbe) malicieusement; méchamment; avec malveillance; par méchanceté; avec perfidie [D'une manière malveillante, ou dans une intention nuisible.]

Il a répandu avec malveillance de fausses rumeurs sur sa collègue pour nuire à sa réputation.

(Adverb) boshaft; hämisch; in böser Absicht [Auf boshafte, hinterhältige oder schadenfrohe Weise; mit der Absicht, anderen zu schaden.]

Er verbreitete **maliciously** falsche Gerüchte über seine Kollegin, um ihren Ruf zu ruinieren.

(副詞) 悪意のあるやり方で、または悪意から。

彼は同僚の評判を傷つけるために、悪意を持って根も葉もない噂を流した。

(advérbio) maliciosamente; maldosamente; com maldade [De maneira maliciosa, ou por razões maliciosas.]

Ele espalhou maliciosamente falsos rumores sobre sua colega para prejudicar a reputação dela.

Synonyms: spitefully malevolently vindictively vengefully hatefully rancorously venomously viciously Antonyms: kindly benevolently innocently harmlessly
Word parts: malic + ious + ly

Common collocations

be verb not adv to prep of prep have verb inflict verb at prep bodily adj any adj with prep grievous adj harm subst

Related words

malice malign malignant

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