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malignly



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If you want to look at that malignly you certainly could do: they have made it so nobody can afford to write stories about them.

From The Guardian Nov. 1, 2015

Dear Worried, There’s something malignly brilliant about hiding sick fan obsession under cover of a thesis.

From Slate Nov. 29, 2012

For none of these things would begin to offset the privilege of living beside a red-letter wall whose influence should be as benignly constructive as Richard Washburn Child's "Blue Wall" was malignly destructive.

From The Joyful Heart by Schauffler, Robert Haven

"Perhaps," he muttered, leaning malignly towards her, "I could make myself even more obnoxious."

From The Zeppelin's Passenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

The novel is for the lighter moment after the deed is done, when he is no longer brunting Fate, but reclining idly, and reflecting humorously or malignly on this life.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various




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