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View definitions for spitefully

spitefully

adverb as in viciously

adverb as in vindictively

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Example Sentences

"The duke looked positively rejuvenated," said Hexam, spitefully, as they walked down the corridor.

A fifty-mile breeze lashed us spitefully, tugging at our shirt-sleeves and drowning our voices, while we halted on that pinnacle.

Miss Watling had quickened her steps, and was now at his side, and as she spoke she looked spitefully back at Dorothy.

Then, as he broke an egg that was shockingly overdone, he added spitefully: "Why did you boil your door-knobs?"

A copy of the 'Tattler' lay on the table, which bore unmistakable evidences of having been spitefully crushed in the hand.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spitefully, such as: brutally, ferociously, maliciously, savagely, wickedly, and depravedly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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