spitefullyadv.
/ˈspʌɪtfʊli/ 1. In a spiteful manner; with spite.
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
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere i. p. xlv If the deuyll sholde hym self syt & deuise to speke spyghtfully.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxiij Marques Albert had written certen thinges spitefully and bitterly.
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 42 Hauing been spightfully vsed with vnworthy reproaches.
1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 35 Cruell Auster..Sham'd not spitefully to wast All his leaves.
a1704 T. Brown Let. M. Burghope in Wks. (1711) IV. 255 I could dwell spightfully upon this Subject for an hour or two.
1713 J. Swift Imit. Horace Epist. (ed. 2) vii The farmers, spitefully combin'd, Force him to take his Tythes in kind.
1855 Poultry Chron. 3 388 A basket coop placed over a spitefully disposed hen.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 11 The spit of sandy rock which juts Spitefully northward.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively
cruellyc1385
overa1400
fullc1400
parlouslyc1425
mortalc1440
perilousc1440
spitefulc1450
devilish1560
pestilently1567
spitefully1567
cruel1573
parlous1575
deadly1589
intolerable?1593
fellc1600
perditlya1632
excessively1634
devilishly1635
desperate1636
woundya1639
woundlya1644
desperately1653
wicked1663
killing1672
woundily1706
wounded1753
mortally1759
dreadful1762
intolerably1768
perishing1776
tremendously1776
terrifically1777
diabolically1792
woundedly1794
thundering1809
all-firedly1833
preponderously1835
painfully1839
deadlilya1843
severely1854
furiously1856
diabolish1858
fiendish1861
demonish1867
sinfully1869
fiendishly1879
thunderingly1885
only too1889
nightmarishly1891
God almighty1906
Christ almighty1945
1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Eii My littell finger is spitefully sore, you will not beleue how my hele doth ake.
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