spittingly
English
Etymology
From spitting + -ly.
Adverb
spittingly (comparative more spittingly, superlative most spittingly)
- In a spitting (uttering something violently) manner.
- 1952, Fritz Leiber, “Conjure Wife”, in Witches Three, New York, N.Y.: Twayne Publishers, Inc., page 28:
- Through taut mouth-slit, in a very low voice, but spittingly, she said, “Don’t touch me.” […] Her posture didn’t alter, but her lips arched and the words were spat out: “Why don’t you strap me and stick pins in me? They used to do that.”
- 1981, A. N. Wilson, Who Was Oswald Fish?, Secker & Warburg, →ISBN, page 305:
- ‘My God, I was a fool to marry you,’ she spat out. […] ‘There was no need,’ she continued slowly, spittingly, deliberately, ‘to throw my father’s gold cuff-links in the Thames.’
- 2007, Kimon S. Neophyte, Torn, Houdini Publishers, →ISBN, page 133:
- ‘Come on then, spit it out!’ […] And he began to speak, spittingly. ‘Dammit, son, you can’t change history, you can’t change the will of God, understand this! […]’
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