DESPICABLY

[adverb]I think you behaved despicably (= very badly) in being so unkind to Harriet. despite preposition - without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented byDespite the cold wind, they went out without their coats.Despite repeated assurances that the product is safe, many people have stopped buying it.Despite the fact that there was almost no hope of finding the missing boy, the search party still went on looking.He managed to eat a big lunch despite having eaten an enormous breakfast.If you do something despite yourself, you do it, although you do not want to do it or know that you should not do it.Despite himself, he laughed when she teased him about his tie.She took the money from her mother's purse, despite herself.