revengefullyadv.
/rᵻˈvɛn(d)ʒfᵿli/, /rᵻˈvɛn(d)ʒfl̩i/, U.S. /rəˈvɛndʒf(ə)li/, /riˈvɛndʒf(ə)li/ In a vengeful or vindictive manner.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adverb]
wrakefullya1225
wrackfullyc1230
vengeably1412
revengefully1579
vengibly1580
revenginglya1616
vindictively1727
avengingly1824
vengefully1830
1579 C. Hatton True Rep. Gratious & Mercifull Message of hir Maiestie sig. B v If casually a man suffer hurt in the fieldes by an arrowe shotte by chaunce at rouing markes, how reuengefully the partie offended will followe his processe of felonie.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 57 Though for the most part maliciously, covetously, rigorously, revengefully.
1671 A. Seller Devout Communicant 144 I have dealt hainously, thou art revengefully smitten.
1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion II. 248 Revengefully design'd T'enslave both Kingdoms.
1756 J. Dove Ess. on Inspiration 207 If a man beat out my eye or my tooth, I might revengefully knock out his.
1809 J. C. Cross Blackbeard vii. (stage direct.) Blackbeard and Caesar enter, and revengefully pursue them.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 15 June 6/3 The notion that the Secret Police and not the Nihilists..are acting revengefully.
1959 H. G. Callis China i. ii. 39 The spirits of the ancestors..were regarded as very much alive in the spirit world and revengefully powerful on earth unless properly remembered and revered.
2006 I. W. Charny Fascism & Democracy in Human Mind i. i. 33 He has no idea of how revengefully furious he becomes at women when they give him less than total love.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1579- for the worse
- for thee
- for this
- for this intent
- for this present
- for three lives
- for till
- for time
- for time being
- for to
- for to die for it
- for to show
- for true
- for two lives
- for two pins
- for twopence
- for use
- for vain
- for vainglory
- for value received
- for want of
- for want of a better name
- for want of prosecution
- for what
- for what etc care