vindictively

vindictively

English

Etymology

    From vindictive + -ly.

    Pronunciation

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    Adverb

    vindictively (comparative more vindictively, superlative most vindictively)

    1. In a vindictive manner.
      • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 164:
        For answer the boy's bravely challenging eyes met his blinking vindictively.

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