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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1589
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(Spitefully,) Spightfully, adv. [e.m.E. spyghtfully (1532); Spit(e)full adj.] Spitefully, with spite. —1589 Gray Lett. & P. 164.
Mr. Archebald hathe wrytten hether spightfully agaynst the Master of Gray