- spitefully
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spitefully
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spitefully — spiteful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing or caused by malice. DERIVATIVES spitefully adverb spitefulness noun … English terms dictionary
spitefully — adverb 1. in a maliciously spiteful manner pray for them that despitefully use us • Syn: ↑despitefully • Derived from adjective: ↑spiteful, ↑despiteful (for: ↑despitefully) … Useful english dictionary
Spitefully — Spiteful Spite ful, a. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act. Shak. {Spite ful*ly}, adv. {Spite ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spitefully — See spiteful. * * * … Universalium
spitefully — adverb In a spiteful manner … Wiktionary
spitefully — adv. in a spiteful manner; maliciously, with intent to anger or annoy … English contemporary dictionary
spitefully — spite·ful·ly … English syllables
spitefully — See: spiteful … English dictionary
spiteful — spitefully, adv. spitefulness, n. /spuyt feuhl/, adj. full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child. [1400 50; late ME; see SPITE, FUL] Syn. vengeful, mean, cruel, rancorous. SPITEFUL, REVENGEFUL,… … Universalium
spiteful — [[t]spa͟ɪtfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is spiteful does cruel things to hurt people they dislike. He could be spiteful. ...a stream of spiteful telephone calls. Syn: malicious Derived words: spitefully ADV GRADED ADV with v We crept into our… … English dictionary
