MALICIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maliciously mean? 

• MALICIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb MALICIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. with malice; in a malicious manner

  Familiarity information: MALICIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALICIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With malice; in a malicious manner

Context example:

she answered maliciously

Pertainym:

malicious (having the nature of or resulting from malice)

 Context examples 

And from this time began an intrigue between his majesty and a junto of ministers, maliciously bent against me, which broke out in less than two months, and had like to have ended in my utter destruction.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I myself heard him give directions, that one of his pages should be whipped, whose turn it was to give notice about washing the floor after an execution, but maliciously had omitted it; by which neglect a young lord of great hopes, coming to an audience, was unfortunately poisoned, although the king at that time had no design against his life.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Whereas, by a statute made in the reign of his imperial majesty Calin Deffar Plune, it is enacted, that, whoever shall make water within the precincts of the royal palace, shall be liable to the pains and penalties of high-treason; notwithstanding, the said Quinbus Flestrin, in open breach of the said law, under colour of extinguishing the fire kindled in the apartment of his majesty’s most dear imperial consort, did maliciously, traitorously, and devilishly, by discharge of his urine, put out the said fire kindled in the said apartment, lying and being within the precincts of the said royal palace, against the statute in that case provided, etc. against the duty, etc.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)