He plotted vindictively against his former superiors. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a vindictive person. ,vindictive rumors. From Dictionary.com.
"I hope they catch him!" said Pepper vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Patrol] Reference
"As I love poison ivy," Linda snapped vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference
"You bet she knows it, too," he added, vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
Bostwick glared at him vindictively, but impotently. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
"Cranky old curmudgeon!" murmured Evelyn, vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
One man stood up and shook his fist vindictively at the girls. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South] Reference
"I wish I could get hold of him once," cried Rand vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Patrol] Reference
"Fire at everything and everybody!" decided Snake vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
Rabbi Blazar, the son of Rabbi Shimon, once vindictively caused. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
"And that brute behind the bars," finished Mollie vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers] Reference
Nkuna added the minister had not acted vindictively in cancelling. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"I wish I'd hit him with the horsewhip," he went on, vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
Those obsessed with vindictively smashing them will dismiss the pain. From Wordnik.com. [Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior - Shantideva ��� 4. Taking Care (about Bodhichitta)] Reference
Ivory looked up at Elkanah vindictively and then resumed his soliloquy. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
"Why shouldn't I have sodas with him?" his lady broke out vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"You've not heard all I've got to say!" pursued Olive vindictively, and. From Wordnik.com. [Swirling Waters] Reference
Irate commuters have glared vindictively at trains they have just missed. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Hadria vindictively flicked off the head of a dandelion with her parasol. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
"Then let her show respect to his memory," says Miss Majendie vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Rebel A Novel] Reference
“Then he probably did it all wrong!” the landlady snapped vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Murder to Go]
"I always said your colonel was a bear," says Miss Massereene, vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
But, it hastens to add, vindictively, 'generally an old or a rude-mannered one.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
"I'll teach you to twizzle me on the roundabout," cried the Doctor, vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
"A series of Munchausen adventures," returned the Philadelphia Lamb, vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The Professor stumbled over a stone in the road, and looked back at it vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Many of them, he thought, had been vindictively punished for their peculiar opinions. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917] Reference
"D-- n those Eastern fellows," said he, vindictively, "I'd like to wring their necks.". From Wordnik.com. [A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road"] Reference
Our hero released his opponent, and, turning around, Lenning glared at him vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Does Obama know what he is doing (ie vindictively anti-Semitic) or not (ie incompetent)?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
"I wish the Sea-Troll would mind his own business!" said the little brown man vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference
She did not deign to answer, but the offended Triboulet waved his wooden sword vindictively. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
The fruit vender stared vindictively at Alan for a moment, but saw he would have no revenge. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
He accused Fick of vindictively opposing that application and of lying in a sworn statement. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"The prisoner will be taught proper respect immediately," vindictively assured the Scarlet Mask. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
Ebenezer Brown was too greatly annoyed even to retort, but he glanced vindictively at the doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
"Yah!" cried Tim, vindictively, "I'll tell Mr. Cairns what I came to tell you, and leave you to wish you knew it.". From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
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