spitefully in the PONS Dictionary

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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.
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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.
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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.
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Here a prized lot of grass splendidly barbered, there a spitefully weedy patch.
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He would retaliate really spitefully.
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In the original fable, the dog spitefully prevents the other animals in the manger from getting to the stored grain, even though it didn't want the stuff itself.
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This work showed that subjects who spitefully punished uncooperative partners did poorly, while successful players instead reciprocated un-cooperativeness with un-cooperativeness.
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In the meantime, it's tough to imagine left-leaning councillors spitefully voting against customer service improvements or more promptly returned phone calls.
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This was not done in any way maliciously, spitefully or arrogantly.
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They have taken their spitefully trademarked names for the historically named park landmarks and have slunk home.
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