Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a malevolent manner; with ill-will or enmity; with the wish or design to injure another or others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a malevolent manner.
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- adverb In a
malevolent manner.
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- adverb in a malevolent manner
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Examples
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There should be no question that regarding the deep-bore tunnel fiasco, WSDOT directors and department heads are malevolently corrupt.
O’Brien Grills Staffers About Tunnel Cost Overruns « PubliCola 2010
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To focus all concern on cost overruns is a diversion from these and at least a dozen more important concerns which condemn the deep-bore tunnel to the wastebin of history and its proponents as either unwittingly incompetent or, in the case of certain highway planning directors, malevolently vindictive toward the good people of Seattle.
Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010
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"Whatever you want to think I mean," the twisted wretch grinned malevolently into my face.
CHAPTER XXXI 2010
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The WSDOT campaign to deceitfully manipulate opinion in support of the malevolently engineered deep-bore tunnel has harmed many people.
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Weatherbee grinned malevolently, but made no offer to help him.
In a Far Country 2010
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She looked at White Fang, who snarled and bristled and glared malevolently.
The Southland 2010
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Take the most recent comic: “The merciless sun shines malevolently from its sky-throne.” etc. etc.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand 2010
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The Hey Hey (Australian TV) thing was clueless and offensive, although arguably not malevolently racist (just bloody stupid and really, really ill-conceived).
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Weatherbee grinned malevolently, but made no offer to help him.
In a Far Country 2010
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She is a naive yet passionate girl-woman in Hood, one willing and able to defend herself and those she loves -- including standing up to a malevolently intimidating priest played by Gary Oldman -- whether with her personality, a knife or her body and her passion.
Stanton Peele: Three Actressing Tour de Forces Stanton Peele 2011
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