malignantly

1. 1.

   in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads

Questions about malignantly

What does malignantly mean?

malignantly means "in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads".

How many syllables are in malignantly?

malignantly has 4 syllables and divides as ma-lig-nant-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.

Is malignantly a common word?

malignantly 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.