Usually means: Causing pain through words, actions.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word hurtfully:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. hurtfully: Merriam-Webster
  2. hurtfully: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hurtfully: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hurtfully: Vocabulary.com
  5. hurtfully: Wordnik
  6. hurtfully: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hurtfully: Wiktionary
  8. hurtfully: Dictionary.com
  9. hurtfully: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. hurtfully: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hurtfully: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hurtfully: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a hurtful manner.

Similar:
painedly, painfully, injuredly, woundedly, hatefully, bitterly, cruelly, abrasively, dolorously, spitefully, more...

Opposite:
kindly, compassionately, benevolently

Types:
physically, verbally, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, sexually, more...

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Similar:
painedly, painfully, injuredly, woundedly, hatefully, bitterly, cruelly, abrasively, dolorously, spitefully, more...

Opposite:
kindly, compassionately, benevolently

Types:
physically, verbally, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, sexually, more...



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