What does spittingly mean?
Spittingly means In a spitting (uttering something violently) manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a spitting (uttering something violently) manner..
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.”
‘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.’
‘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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Spittingly means In a spitting (uttering something violently) manner..
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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.”
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