# maliciously

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #34,976

## Definitions
1. In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons.

## Etymology
From Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **malicious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malicious-vs-maliciously)

## Common misspellings (16)
`amliciously`, `mailciously`, `malciiously`, `malicciously`, `maliciosuly`, `malicioulsy`, `maliciouslly`, `maliciouslyy`, `malicioussly`, `maliciousyl`, `maliciuosly`, `malicoiusly`, `maliicously`, `malliciously`, `mlaiciously`, `mmaliciously`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/maliciously