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HATEFULLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hatefully mean?
• HATEFULLY (adverb)
The adverb HATEFULLY has 1 sense:
1. in a hateful manner
Familiarity information: HATEFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a hateful manner
Pertainym:
hateful (characterized by malice)
Context examples
Thomas Mugridge backed away, glaring as hatefully and viciously as I glared.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
His attentions to Miss King were now the consequence of views solely and hatefully mercenary; and the mediocrity of her fortune proved no longer the moderation of his wishes, but his eagerness to grasp at anything.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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