Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a vindictive manner; by way of revenge; revengefully.

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  • adverb In a vindictive manner.

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  • adverb in a vindictive, revengeful manner

Etymologies

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vindictive +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • I tell you "-- vindictively --" if you will consent to give up the family of the man who stole my Eleanor from me I will make you my heiress.

    Molly Bawn Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

  • The mate's face set vindictively, and his fists clenched.

    A LITTLE ACCOUNTWITH SWITHIN HALL 2010

  • In sane moments we all know that it's the kids who suffer most when we act vindictively, but we are a flawed species and behaving as best we can is not an instinct we are at home with.

    Dear Mariella: My daughter still loves her father, who was abusive to me, and I feel very bitter about it 2011

  • If it still to bothers you, continue your current course of lashing out vindictively against people around you and if that fails to give comfort, well, a lot of people who have been troubled in this way successfully find solace for many years in problem drinking.

    Dr Gerry Mander: the therapist the stars trust 2011

  • BHO is no exception, but then, if he does not do anything, or grossly ignores bipartisan contribution, as vindictively denied by many GOPs, he may not even find a place in hell, let alone heaven.

    Poll: Obama drops on health care 2009

  • There stood Mrs. Silverstein, with angry eyes that snapped vindictively at sight of her boy's clothes.

    Chapter 6 2010

  • Linday cried, glaring vindictively at the closed door.

    THE END OF THE STORY 2010

  • I hope the sun takes the skin all off your back, she panted vindictively, as they slid the canoe down the last shelf and dropped it into the water.

    CHAPTER 25 2010

  • He grinned vindictively, and the correspondent seemed to lose all interest.

    CHAPTER 28 2010

  • His eyes snapped vindictively, while his ears joyed in the sniffles she emitted.

    Chapter 3 2010

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