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SPLEENFULLY
Etymology
Adverb
spleenfully (comparative more spleenfully, superlative most spleenfully)
In a spleenful manner; spitefully.
Source: Wiktionary
SPLEENFUL
Spleen"ful, a.
Definition: Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy. Myself have calmed their spleenful mutiny. Shak. Then rode Geraint, a little spleenful yet, Across the bridge that spann'd the dry ravine. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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