hatefully

1. 1.

   in a hateful manner

Questions about hatefully

What does hatefully mean?

hatefully means "in a hateful manner".

How many syllables are in hatefully?

hatefully has 4 syllables and divides as ha-te-ful-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is hatefully a common word?

hatefully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.