revengefully

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re·venge·ful

(rĭ-vĕnj′fəl)

adj.

Full of or given to revenge.

re·venge′ful·ly adv.

re·venge′ful·ness n.

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Adv.

revengefully - in a vindictive, revengeful manner; "he plotted vindictively against his former superiors"

vengefully, vindictively

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revengefully

[rɪˈvendʒfəlɪ] ADV → vengativamente

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revengefully

adv → rachsüchtig; act → aus Rache

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"Our mortgage has," said Rebecca revengefully. "I should know him if I met him in the dark.

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Louisa languidly leaned upon the window looking out, without looking at anything, while young Thomas stood sniffing revengefully at the fire.

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Under its influence (and perhaps to make up for the want of the softer feeling) I was seized with a violent indignation against the assailant from whom she had suffered so much; and I felt that on sufficient proof I could have revengefully pursued Orlick, or any one else, to the last extremity.

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On-site investigation revealed that the victim had been revengefully attacked and murdered as he was hit on his head and neck.