spitously
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Middle English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]spitously
- spitefully
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 222-223:
- ‘They were ful glad whan I spak to hem fayre;
For god it woot, I chidde hem spitously.’- ‘They were very glad when I spoke to them pleasantly;
For, God knows it, I cruelly scolded them.’
- ‘They were very glad when I spoke to them pleasantly;
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 222-223: