Maliciously (10)

I believe the answer is:

spitefully

'maliciously' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is the entire clue.

(Another definition for spitefully that I've seen is " malice aforethought".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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