despitefullyadv.
/dᵻˈspʌɪtfᵿli/, /dᵻˈspʌɪtfl̩i/, U.S. /dəˈspaɪtfəli/ In a despiteful manner.
1. Contemptuously, opprobriously, insolently, shamefully. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb] > contemptuously
lightlyOE
scornlichec1300
despitouslyc1320
hokerfullyc1330
scornfullyc1380
despisantly1389
deignouslyc1440
scorninglyc1440
contemningly1471
a-scornc1485
disdaininglyc1485
despiteouslya1500
disdainouslya1513
disdainishly?1529
a-swash1530
contemptuously1530
disdainfullya1533
despitefully1535
disdainedly1535
contemptibly1577
snuffingly1577
floutingly1580
despisingly1591
slightly1601
indignantly1602
contemptedly1605
overly1610
slightfully1627
despicably1637
slightingly1654
contemnibly1702
sneeringly1711
slightily1740
snottily1864
sniffingly1873
sufficiently1893
sniffily1902
pooh-poohingly1903
dismissively1922
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [adverb]
in abusionc1350
despitefully1535
contumeliously1539
abusively?1593
insultingly1623
affrontingly1656
affrontfully1754
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xvi. 10 They haue..smytten me vpon the cheke despitefully.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Despitefully, contemptim, opprobriose.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. v. 44 Pray for them which despitefully vse you, and persecute you. View more context for this quotation
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. x. §7. 396 The bodies of Saul and his Sonnes: which hung despightfully ouer the walls of Bethsan.
1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables v. 197 Using those spiritual persons contumeliously and despitefully.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 260 Members of the reformed faith, to use whom despitefully was thought to be doing God a service.
2. Angrily, maliciously, cruelly; with malicious cruelty or ill-will; spitefully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adverb]
despitouslyc1320
maliciouslya1325
doggedlyc1380
spitouslya1387
venomly1387
spitousc1400
enviouslyc1430
venomously1449
sputouslyc1450
evilfullyc1475
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
unhappily1509
peevishly?1529
spitefully1532
cankeredly1535
viperiously1538
malignly1543
sinisterlyc1550
doggishly1576
cankerly1580
viperously1587
sinistruouslya1615
despitely1619
viciously1841
dolefully1880
cattishly1913
cattily1924
bitchily1938
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adverb]
maliciouslya1325
despitouslyc1374
doggedlyc1380
spitouslya1387
venomly1387
spitousc1400
venomously1449
sputouslyc1450
evilfullyc1475
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
enviously1508
unhappily1509
peevishly?1529
spitefully1532
cankeredly1535
viperiously1538
malignly1543
sinisterlyc1550
to spite (one)a1575
doggishly1576
cankerly1580
viperously1587
sinistruouslya1615
despitely1619
waspishly1684
viciously1841
waspily1854
dolefully1880
cattishly1913
cattily1924
bitchily1961
bitchingly1970
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adverb]
heterlya1225
cruellya1340
despitouslyc1374
cruentlyc1380
harageouslyc1450
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
beastly?1518
butcherly?1560
savagely1563
bitterly1611
despitely1619
savagiously1625
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 608 Full dyspitfully [1489 Adv. dispitously] Thair fais [demanit] thaim rycht stratly.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 193 My faithfull fadyr dispitfully thai slew.
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. ii. §68. 471/2 His beautiful Empress, whom a young Burgundian had most despitefully mangled, cutting off both her Nose and Ears.
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