Malevolent, má-lev'-o-lent, a

Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language · 1890 · p. 114

wishing ill; ill-disposed towards others; envious; spiteful: malicious (L. male, and volo, to wish or will). Malevolently, má-lev'- o-lent-le, ad. ina malevolent spirit.