vindictively
vindictively — adverb
1. with the intention of hurting someone because you feel they have treated you bad
with the intention of hurting someone because you feel they have treated you badly
Lukas vindictively deleted his colleague's work after she got the team lead job.
vindictively + verb of destruction: motive-driven negative action
Hamza vindictively told the teacher about a rule his classmate had broken.
After their fight, Dewi vindictively threw away her flatmate's favourite plant.
Iris vindictively ignored her brother for a full week after he lost her jacket.
The sacked worker vindictively scratched the manager's car before heading home.
- spitefully
suggests petty or mean-spirited cruelty, not necessarily driven by revenge
- vengefully
stronger, implies deep and prolonged desire for payback
- maliciously
broader term for deliberate harm; lacks the 'you wronged me first' element
- forgivingly
with a readiness to forgive rather than retaliate
- benevolently
with kindness and goodwill
文法句型
vindictively + action verb
用法筆記
Typically modifies action verbs (delete, destroy, ignore), not stative verbs. Most often placed before the main verb or after the object.