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# spitefully

adverb (no other forms)

«spitefully» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Spitefully means in a way that is meant to hurt or annoy someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spitefully/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the tales, a character speaks or acts in a nasty, unkind way on purpose

### Examples

- He said spitefully, «I am not afraid of you.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spitefully/#x1)
- Big Toomai prodded the elephant spitefully, because he was angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spitefully/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spitefully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spitefully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spitefully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spitefully.html) on Mova free.