malignantly
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ma·lig·nant
(mə-lĭg′nənt)adj.
1. Medicine
a. Tending to metastasize: a malignant tumor.
b. Virulent or threatening to life: a malignant disease.
2. Having or showing ill will; malicious: malignant thoughts.
ma·lig′nant·ly adv.
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Adv. | 1. | malignantly - in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads |
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malignantly
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malign
(məˈlain) verb to say unpleasant things about (someone or something), especially without reason. He's always maligning his wife when she isn't there.
malignant (məˈlignənt) adjective1. (of people, their actions etc) intending, or intended, to do harm. a malignant remark.
2. (of a tumour, disease etc) likely to become worse and cause death. She died of a malignant tumour.
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