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revengefully adverb uk /rɪˈvendʒ.fəl.i/ us /rɪˈvendʒ.fəl.i/ If you do something revengefully, you do it because you want revenge(= harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to someone): Someone had tripped him up and he jumped up, looking angrily and revengefully about him. She had never forgotten the wrong done to her and revengefully pursued those responsible. That was simply a revengefully unkind comment that won't help us move forward. It was to their credit that they governed consensually and not revengefully. He had nursed his anger revengefully for many years. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Revenge and vengefulness avenge avenger bite bite back (at someone/something) counter-retaliation eye fix karma medicine pay pay someone/something back reprisal retaliate retaliation strike that will show someoneidiom tit for tat two can play at that gameidiom vengeance vengeful
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