malign vs villainly

malign

adj
  • Malevolent. 

  • Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence. 

  • Malignant. 

verb
  • To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce. 

villainly

adj
  • Characteristic of a villain. 

adv
  • In the manner of a villain. 

How often have the words malign and villainly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )