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English
Etymology
From Middle English hatfully, equivalent to hateful + -ly.
Adverb
hatefully (comparative more hatefully, superlative most hatefully)
- In a hateful manner.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:29:And they shall deale with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leaue thee naked and bare, and the nakednesse of thy whoredomes shall bee discouered, both thy lewdnesse and thy whoredomes.
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