Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
with malice;
in a malicious manner;
- Example: "she answered maliciously"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Malicious \Ma*li"cious\, a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L.
malitiosus. See Malice.]
1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or
enmity.
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I grant him bloody, . . .
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name. --Shak.
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2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice;
as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.
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3. (Law) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives;
wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or
excuse; as, a malicious act.
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Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband
without just cause. --Burrill.
Malicious prosecution or Malicious arrest (Law), a wanton
prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or
criminal proceeding, without probable cause. --Bouvier.
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Syn: Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious;
malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant;
rancorous; malign.
[1913 Webster] -- Ma*li"cious*ly, adv. --
Ma*li"cious*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
maliciously
adv 1: with malice; in a malicious manner; "she answered
maliciously"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "maliciously":
balefully, harmfully, hatefully, in spite, iniquitously,
invidiously, maleficently, malevolently, malignantly, meanly,
nastily, noxiously, ornerily, spitefully, wickedly,
with bad intent, with malice aforethought, with malice prepense