spitefully in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for spitefully in the English»French Dictionary

spitefully [Brit ˈspʌɪtfʊli, ˈspʌɪtf(ə)li, Am ˈspaɪtf(ə)li] ADV

spitefully

méchamment

Translations for spitefully in the French»English Dictionary

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méchamment faire, parler, sourire

spitefully, maliciously

avec méchanceté

spitefully, nastily

spitefully in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spitefully in the French»English Dictionary

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avec malveillance

spitefully

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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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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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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.

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Here a prized lot of grass splendidly barbered, there a spitefully weedy patch.

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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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They have taken their spitefully trademarked names for the historically named park landmarks and have slunk home.

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Then she began sealing unwitting guests inside the radio studio, spitefully vacuum-packing them inside a sound-proofed world.

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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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But texts can just as easily be used thoughtlessly or spitefully.

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He would retaliate really spitefully.

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