English
hatefully
Hatefully comes from Middle English hatfully ‘Hatefully, angrily’, and goes back to hate.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hate
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hateful‘Hateful, angry, ireful, raging’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hatfully‘Hatefully, angrily’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611hatefully
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hate
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hateful‘Hateful, angry, ireful, raging’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hatfully‘Hatefully, angrily’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611hatefully
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And they shall deale with thee hatefully, and shall…”
Formed from hateful + -ly
Linked words
through Middle English hate
Today it means
adv In a hateful manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hate / hatefully