Hatefully

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a hateful manner.

    "And they shall deale with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leaue thee naked and bare, and the nakednesse of thy whoredomes shall bee discouered, both thy lewdnesse and thy whoredomes."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a hateful manner wordnet

Synonyms

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harmfullymalevolentlymaliciouslymalignantlymeanly

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"Leon was glaring hatefully at Amelia."

Etymology

From Middle English hatfully, equivalent to hateful + -ly.

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