Usually means: With malice to cause harm.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word spitefully:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. spitefully: Merriam-Webster
  2. spitefully: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spitefully: Collins English Dictionary
  4. spitefully: Vocabulary.com
  5. spitefully: Wordnik
  6. spitefully: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. spitefully: Wiktionary
  8. spitefully: Dictionary.com
  9. spitefully: Rhymezone
  10. spitefully: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. spitefully: FreeDictionary.org
  12. spitefully: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. spitefully: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spitefully: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spitefully)

▸ adverb:  In a spiteful manner.

Similar:
despitefully, with spite, spitishly, dispiteously, resentfully, snidely, spitelessly, disdainfully, peevishly, spleenfully, more...

Opposite:
kindly, benevolently, good-naturedly, good-natured

Phrases:
talk spitefully, beyond spitefully, opposite of spitefully, more...

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Similar:
despitefully, with spite, spitishly, dispiteously, resentfully, snidely, spitelessly, disdainfully, peevishly, spleenfully, more...

Opposite:
kindly, benevolently, good-naturedly, good-natured

Phrases:
talk spitefully, beyond spitefully, opposite of spitefully, more...



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