Degradingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a degrading manner.

    "It is an offence to the dignity of workers to pay them degradingly low wages. What constitutes a degradingly low wage will, of course, be affected by the standards of the time; it is a relative as much as an absolute idea."

Synonyms

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disparaginglydisparagingly

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"It is an offence to the dignity of workers to pay them degradingly low wages. What constitutes a degradingly low wage will, of course, be affected by the standards of the time; it is a relative as much as an absolute idea."

Etymology

From degrading + -ly.

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