Scurvily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a scurvy manner; in a low, disgusting and mean way.
"If the crops turned out ill next year, the people laid the failure at the door of the ghosts, who fancied themselves scurvily treated and had taken their revenge by trampling down the corn."
Adverb
- 1 in a despicable, ignoble manner wordnet
Example
More examples"If the crops turned out ill next year, the people laid the failure at the door of the ghosts, who fancied themselves scurvily treated and had taken their revenge by trampling down the corn."
Etymology
From scurvy + -ly.
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