cankeredlyadv.
/ˈkaŋkədli/, U.S. /ˈkæŋkərdli/ Now rare.
Spitefully, malignantly; irritably.
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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
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 447 Rycht cankartlie he ansuerit him.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates 401 So cankardly he had our kin in hate.
1569 W. Seres Aunswere to Proclam. of Rebels f. B.i Hir humblenesse that she hath euer vsde, The Caytifes now most cankerdly with treason haue abusde.
c1750 4 New Songs & Prophecy 5 An English Captain..asked him right cankerdly, Where was you born thou crooked Carle?
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie & Bess p. viii And, tho' ye think I wad abuse it, Yet, dinna cankerdly refuse it.
1911 McClure's Mag. Mar. 601/1 In a flow of language that was cankeredly unbroken, he dealt with the..the uselessness of the New York fire brigade, and the uselessness of his car.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1535