† despitouslyadv.
Obsolete.
In a ‘despitous’ manner, with despite.
1. Contemptuously, scornfully, despitefully; hence, shamefully, ignominiously.
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 > 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 mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adverb]
shamelyc1200
shendfully?c1225
to one's shamec1275
shamefullya1300
despitouslyc1320
foula1325
shondfullyc1330
inhonestly1340
shendshipfully1388
dishonestlyc1430
shamouslyc1440
ignominiously1553
slanderously1563
reproachfully1567
opprobriously1569
ingloriously1576
dishonourably1590
indignly1593
disgracefully1604
despitely1619
vituperiously1632
to a reproacha1715
shaming1970
c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 615 Some dispoyle hym oute dyspetusly.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 173 Myn enymys Despyseþ me her dispytously.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 16951 He..Dispitusly [Vesp. vili, Gött. vilelik] for vs was lad: buffeted & beten sare.
1523 Queen Margaret of Scotl. Let. (modernized text) in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1846) I. 285 They speak right plainly & dyspytwsly.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3889 Ector..spake neuer dispituosly, ne spiset no man.
2. Angrily, sharply; cruelly, maliciously; violently.
ΘΚΠ
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
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1806 (1818) Dispitously hym slough the fiers Achille.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1137 [He] him told how despitously þe duk of þat dede him warned.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xiii. viii. (Tollem. MS.) Þe ryuer aros with so gret strengþe and violence, þat he all to-brake dispitously þe brigge.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5082 Þe coupe in to ȝoure secke put I And pursewed ȝou dispitously [Gött. And presuned ȝou ful spitusli].
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 354 By the throte bolle he caught Alayn And he hente hym despitously agayn.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. 2 He spak unto hem of theyr wykkednesse and despitously hem reproued.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 137 He yat him in ȝhemsell had Yan warnyt hym dispitously.
a1500 Orol. Sap. in Anglia X. 338 Takynge me despiteslye & byndynge cruelye.
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