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[syn: despitefully, spitefully]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Despiteful \De*spite"ful\, a. [See Despite, and cf.
Spiteful.]
Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate;
malicious. -- De*spite"ful*ly, adv. -- De*spite"ful*ness,
n.
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Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i.
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Pray for them which despitefully use you. --Matt. v.
44.
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Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune.
--Book of
Wisdom ii. 19.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
despitefully
adv 1: in a maliciously spiteful manner; "pray for them that
despitefully use us" [syn: despitefully, spitefully]