In a manner characterized by spite, malice, and deliberate cruelty.
From despiteful + -ly (adverb suffix). This archaic adverb appears in older texts and religious literature describing malicious actions.
The King James Bible uses 'despitefully' to describe how persecutors treated the righteous—it's almost a technical term for the specific type of cruelty motivated by contempt.
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