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Definition: Spitefully |
SpitefullyAdverb1. In a maliciously spiteful manner; "pray for them that despitefully use us". 2. In a spiteful manner; "he answered his accusers spitefully". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spitefully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1677. (references) |
Synonyms: SpitefullySynonyms: despitefully (adv), with spite (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spitefully |
| English words defined with "spitefully": Cankeredly ♦ Spitously. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spitefully": Wasp. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "spitefully": Spitously. (references) |
| "Spitefully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spitefully" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 37 | 56,631 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "spitefully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gehässig (bitchy, catty, invidious, mean, nastily, nasty, spiteful, venomous, vicious), boshaft (catty, fiendish, impish, invidious, malevolent, malicious, maliciously, mischievous, mischievously, nasty, poisonous, shrewish, spiteful, vicious, wicked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rosszindulatúan (contrariously, contrariwise, maliciously, malignly, sullenly, unkindly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dispettosamente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dy goanlyssagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itefullyspay maliţios (invidious, maliciously, spiteful). (various references) зловредно. (various references) elakt (cattily, unkindly). (various references) nispet olsun diye, kindarca. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amare, amarum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oi de loipoi krathsanteV touV doulouV autou ubrisan kai apekteinan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Reliqui vero tenuerunt servos eius et contumelia adfectos occiderunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & þa oðre namen hys þeowes. & midteonan ge-swencten & of-slogen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But the other helden his seruauntis, and slowen hem, ponished with contek. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The remnaunt toke his seruantes and intreated them vngodly and slewe them. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the remnant took his servants, and treated them spitefully, and slew them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | samtang ang uban nanagdakop sa iyang mga ulipon, ug ilang gidagmalan ug gipamatay sila. |
| Chinese | 其 餘 的 拿 住 僕 人 、 凌 辱 他 們 、 把 他 們 殺 了 。 |
| Croatian | Ostali uhvate njegove sluge, zlostave ih i ubiju. |
| Danish | og de øvrige grebe hans Tjenere, forhånede og ihjelsloge dem. |
| Dutch | En de anderen grepen zijn dienstknechten, deden hun smaadheid aan, en doodden hen. |
| Finnish | ja toiset ottivat kiinni hänen palvelijansa, pitelivät pahoin ja tappoivat. |
| French | et les autres se saisirent des serviteurs, les outragèrent et les tuèrent. |
| German | etliche griffen seine Knechte, höhnten sie und töteten sie. |
| Haitian Creole | Gen ladan yo ki pran domestik yo, yo maltrete yo, yo touye yo. |
| Hungarian | A többiek pedig megfogván az õ szolgáit, bántalmazák és megölék õket. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan yang lainnya pula menangkap pelayan-pelayan raja itu, lalu memukul dan membunuh mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka orang lain pula memegangkan hamba-hambanya, menistai dan membunuh dia. |
| Italian | altri poi presero i suoi servi, li insultarono e li uccisero. |
| Manx Gaelic | As ghow yn chooid elley ny sharvaantyn echey, as ghell ad dy elgyssagh roo, as varr ad ad. |
| Maori | Na hopukina ana ana pononga e nga mea i mahue, tukinotia ana ratou, a whakamatea iho. |
| Norwegian | og de andre tok fatt på hans tjenere, hånte dem og slo dem ihjel. |
| Portuguese | e os outros, apoderando-se dos servos, os ultrajaram e mataram. |
| Rumanian | Ceilalyi au pus mkna pe robi, wi-au bqtut joc de ei, wi i-au omorkt. |
| Shuar | Chikichcha ipiaakratniun achikiar yajauch awajsarmai, tura chikichnaka Máawarmai. |
| Spanish | y los otros tomaron a sus siervos, los afrentaron y los mataron. |
| Swahili | na wengine wakawakamata wale watumishi wakawatukana, wakawaua. |
| Swedish | Och de övriga grepo hans tjänare och misshandlade och dräpte dem. |
| Uma | To ntani' -na wo'o-ra mpohoko' pahawaa' magau' toe, rapao' pai' rapatehi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "spitefully": despitefully. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-l-p-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: futilely, spiteful, stellify. | |
-3 letters: fillets, fullest, fustily, lustily, pilules, pullets, pulleys, stipule, stupefy, sulfite, tuilles, uplifts. | |
-4 letters: feisty, filets, filles, fillet, fliest, flites, flutes, flutey, fluyts, flytes, fusile, futile, illest, itself, letups, liefly, listel, pileus, pilule, plutei, pullet, pulley, pusley, stifle, stilly, stipel, tellys, tuille, tulips, tulles, uplift. | |
-5 letters: etuis, feist, fells, felly, felts. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-l-p-s-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: despitefully. | |
+5 letters: disrespectfully. | |
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