Meanings
adverbhatefully (comparative more hatefully, superlative most hatefully)
comparative more hatefully · superlative most hatefully
- In a hateful manner.
And they shall deale with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leaue thee naked and bare, and the nakednesse of thy whoredomes shall bee discouered, both thy lewdnesse and thy whoredomes.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:29
Origin
- Middle Englishhatfully
- Englishhatefully
From Middle English hatfully, equivalent to hateful + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto malame
- malamein a hateful manner
French haineusement
- haineusementin a hateful manner
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