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Dispitously, -uously, -wisly, adv. Also: despitteously, despyteously. (For other forms see the adj.) [ME. dispitously, dyspetusly (c 1320), dispitiously, etc., f. Dispitousadj.] a. Scornfully, insultingly. b. Spitefully, maliciously, cruelly.(a) 1375 Barb. i. 200.
Thar wyffis wald thai oft forly, And thar dochtrys dispitusly Ib. iii. 457.
Syne Lawyne and all his flot Dispitusly discumfyt he c1420 Wynt. v. 3232.
The comownys halyly Ras and slw hym dyspytwsly Ib. 4624; etc.
Teodoryk the kyng, … Wrat till hym dyspitusly ?1438 Alex. i. 1223.
His necbane in sounder ȝeid, And his chyn brak dispitusly Ib. ii. 8030.
Quhen Alexander hard Emynedus Dispytusly speke and wryth him thus c1475 Wall. iii. 283.
His worthi kyn dispitously ye slew a1500 Rauf C. 901.
We sall spuilȝe ȝow dispittously at the nixt springis(b) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2602.
The Kyng, thi fadere, cruelly Put Kynge Peleus, … Dispituouslie out of his lande c1420 Wynt. v. 672.
Wyth that the Romanys … Chasyd the Grekys dispytwosly c1515 Asl. MS. I. 223/17.
The forsaid … spak till him self richt dispituoslie with felloun wordis and scorne c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxii. 29 (A).
Thai tyrandis … Dispituosly syne did him smyte 1513 Doug. xii. v. 71.
This egill … Dispittuusly intill hys punsys he Hes claucht a swan 1533 Bell. Livy I. 64/27.
He reprevit dispituusly this knicht that schew thir tythingis 1533 Boece v. v. 173 b.
Officiaris, capitanis, & soldeouris … war dispituouslie slane(c) 1375 Barb. x. 650.
Thai met thame richt hardely, And slew of thame dispitwisly Ib. xix. 563.
Thai stekit men dispituisly a1400 Leg. S. xiii. 144.
Thai … drew hyme … Thru al the towne dyspituisly Ib. xxvii. 1049; etc.
He … Godis man dispituisly Fra his presens chasit away c1420 Wynt. ii. 1394.
The Sytykys … chasyde the Egyptys hastyly, On hors and fute dyspytuysly Ib. iii. 835; etc.
He … luche at hym dispytwysly(d) c1475 Wall. (1570) ii. 390.
Till him thay raid, and said despyteously [MS. dispitfully] Brus xiii. 140* (H).
Our kyn and friends ... Despitteously hanged and drawne