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English
Etymology
spiteful + -ly
Adverb
spitefully (comparative more spitefully, superlative most spitefully)
- In a spiteful manner.
1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: , London: for M L , published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]