malevolently

1. 1.

   in a malevolent manner

   “she gossips malevolently”

   Antonymsbenevolently

Questions about malevolently

What does malevolently mean?

malevolently means "in a malevolent manner".

How many syllables are in malevolently?

malevolently has 5 syllables and divides as ma-le-vo-lent-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of malevolently?

The recorded antonyms are benevolently.

Is malevolently a common word?

malevolently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.