Definition of "despitefully"

despitefully

adverb
comparative more despitefully, superlative most despitefully
1. (archaic) In a despiteful manner; spitefully.
  Quotations
  Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Luke 6:28