malevolently

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In this way, human bias - the automatic and understandable assumption that your friends and colleagues are not acting malevolently - would be less likely to be a factor in management decision-making.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

Tolkien’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings,” whose gaze lingers malevolently over the lands of Middle-earth.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

Commercial speech is degrading our public and private lives, not malevolently or conspiratorially but for the most part mindlessly.

From Salon • May 29, 2022

“We don’t suspect anybody is malevolently going to do anything,” said Garrard.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2014

There were no noses, no mouths, no ears, no chins—only the eyes were visible in each face, two small black eyes glinting malevolently through the hairs.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl