spitefully in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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But despite his impressive performance, he was spitefully voted out of office.
thenationonlineng.net
This court decision is not a victory because it will not bring back the trees or the historic structures that were wantonly and spitefully destroyed.
torontoist.com
You could spitefully hurl the word "snob" at a classmate, but the progressive tax system was fairly blind to this, and made differences rather redundant compared to over here.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
Now what had gone before came back, cruelly and spitefully, to torment him.
www.independent.co.uk
Interpreted variously over the centuries, the metaphor is now used to speak of those who spitefully prevent others from having something that they themselves have no use for.
en.wikipedia.org
Why he turned so spitefully against reform is unclear.
www.salon.com
In the meantime, it's tough to imagine left-leaning councillors spitefully voting against customer service improvements or more promptly returned phone calls.
news.nationalpost.com
Sometimes the city's white leadership would act spitefully, like when it shut down the public pool and the little league baseball program to avoid integration.
illinoistimes.com
This was not done in any way maliciously, spitefully or arrogantly.
www.dailymail.co.uk
It spitefully devoured every section of the man's presentation that contained the "$" sign as though to suggest that cents carry more sway, and it "peed" over the boss's photograph.
www.jamaicaobserver.com

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